Sky

“The sky, the heavens above” — English origin

Girl's name · #949 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Sky is near its high-water mark: it reached #712 in 2021 and still ranked #949 in 2025. About 9,700 girls have carried it since 1958. About 77% of babies named Sky in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Skye (#532), Sky would rank around #363 with about 840 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Skye and Sky.

Around the world: about 1 in 6,700 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 8,100 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Skys

Sky Ferreira — American singer-songwriter, model, and actress (born 1992)
Sky Brown — British-Japanese skateboarder and surfer
Sky Katz — American actress, rapper and singer
Sky Remans — Belgian snowboarder
Sky Lee — Canadian writer and artist

In stories & tradition

Sky Mangel — Neighbours
Sky Smith — The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sky Lynx — Transformers · The Transformers

What Skys become

Among 76 notable people named Sky:

Entertainers appear 3.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sky Ferreira, American singer-songwriter, model, and actress (born 1992).

Similar names: Skye · Maddie · Skylah · Maci · Rayne · Scout

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