Kye

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Primarily a boy's name · 94% boys

Meaning

Kye is a common variant of the names Kai, Kay or Kyle. Kye also occurs, via numerous spellings, in many languages. For example, "sea" in Hawaiian, and "narrow" or "slender" in Celtic.

From Wikipedia

Kye first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 66 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 356 babies (rank #693 that year). In 2024 it was given to 171 boys (rank #1,195). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kye

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kye yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5,761
Total babies (all years)
66
Years in the data
356
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19569#2,887
19587#3,439
19597#3,443
19606#3,871
19617#3,528
19629#2,958
19638#3,202
19645#4,352
19665#4,267
19688#3,253
19696#4,192
197012#2,805
19717#4,186
19729#3,498
19739#3,587
197417#2,412
197510#3,563
197611#3,385
197712#3,297
197811#3,520
197911#3,709
198015#3,036
198116#2,841
198213#3,410
198323#2,246
198419#2,581
198527#2,104
198626#2,197
198735#1,851
198833#1,972
198935#2,048
199034#2,147
199144#1,816
199242#1,946
199343#1,921
199442#2,000
199545#1,902
199635#2,317
199746#1,984
199841#2,223
199951#1,918
200074#1,598
200171#1,652
2002109#1,249
2003105#1,322
200494#1,464
2005127#1,250
2006108#1,442
2007123#1,363
2008122#1,398
2009150#1,208
2010148#1,206
2011157#1,151
2012154#1,181
2013148#1,212
2014173#1,105
2015211#980
2016356#693
2017310#760
2018310#760
2019288#796
2020284#815
2021260#889
2022277#870
2023240#941
2024171#1,195