Skye

“Modern coinage — possibly a fanciful respelling of sky” — Modern coinage origin

Boy's name · #2357 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Skye holds its lane: charted since 1957 and rarely far from where it stands today (#2357 in 2025). About 2,900 boys have carried it along the way. About 91% of babies named Skye in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Sky (#1661), Skye would rank around #1244 with about 160 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sky and Skye.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Skyes

Skye Vink — Dutch footballer (born 2006)
Skye Bolt — American baseball player
Skye Dawson — American football player

In stories & tradition

Skye — video game character
Skye Riley — Smile 2

What Skyes become

Among 83 notable people named Skye:

Sports figures appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Skye Vink, Dutch footballer (born 2006).

Similar names: Sky · Demarcus · Skylar · Richie · Jareth · Zyir

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