Skye

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

Girl's name · #532 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Skye's best rank, #368, came in 2014; it has settled back to #532 today. Roughly 24,000 girls have been named Skye since 1952. Together with its spelling variant Sky (#949), Skye would rank around #363 with about 840 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Skye and Sky.

Around the world: #60 in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 37 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Skyes

Skye McCole Bartusiak — American actress (1992-2014)
Skye Sweetnam — Canadian singer
Skye Edwards — British singer
Skye Chan — Hong Kong actress
Skye Blue — American professional wrestler

In stories & tradition

Skye Chandler — All My Children
Skye — video game character
Skye Riley — Smile 2

What Skyes become

Among 83 notable people named Skye:

Entertainers appear 2.49× more often than among typical names — e.g. Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (1992-2014).

Similar names: Sky · Jaliyah · Skyla · Maci · Alivia · Amiyah

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