Kay

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

The name Kay is both a surname and a given name. In English-speaking countries, it is usually a feminine name, often a short form of Katherine or one of its variants; but it is also used as a first name in its own right, and also as a masculine name.

From Wikipedia

Kay first appears in the data in 1958 and has been recorded in 55 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2004 with 160 babies (rank #118 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kay

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

3,308
Total babies (all years)
55
Years in the data
160
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19581#938
19591#886
19601#987
19621#1,017
19631#1,018
19651#1,074
19662#958
19672#971
19684#827
19693#915
19703#910
19717#726
19726#757
197311#585
19747#711
19759#621
197610#607
197714#514
197823#402
197916#501
198014#560
198122#440
198213#576
198318#481
198435#348
198553#268
198656#265
198753#286
198878#212
198956#279
199095#192
199180#222
1992107#182
199384#224
199486#217
199571#248
199675#242
199777#234
199893#208
199986#222
2000109#189
200194#204
2002120#165
2003124#161
2004160#118
2005138#133
2006139#127
2007129#134
2008120#140
2009136#125
2010145#113
2011122#129
201299#150
2013106#133
201497#145