Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kay

#372 most common girls' name of all time · #684 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among girls
#372
Rank overall
#684 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
102,545
Since 2016
550
Peak year
1942 #75
Best rank
#70 1941
Girls Boys peak 3,718/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Kay first appears in 1882. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 37 10 47 #3,905
2024 38 14 52 #3,897
2023 48 13 61 #3,332
2022 47 10 57 #3,366
2021 42 9 51 #3,618
2020 42 10 52 #3,556
2019 43 7 50 #3,560
2018 63 6 69 #2,712
2017 51 8 59 #3,147
2016 47 5 52 #3,382
2015 43 8 51 #3,598
2014 60 6 66 #2,847
2013 51 — 51 #3,169
2012 52 — 52 #3,173
2011 47 — 47 #3,410
2010 47 — 47 #3,413
2009 41 — 41 #3,805
2008 46 — 46 #3,533
2007 66 — 66 #2,752
2006 63 — 63 #2,780
2005 61 5 66 #2,736
2004 67 7 74 #2,504
2003 66 6 72 #2,467
2002 79 — 79 #2,126
2001 72 — 72 #2,237
2000 74 — 74 #2,161
1999 66 — 66 #2,263
1998 70 5 75 #2,086
1997 74 — 74 #1,946
1996 67 6 73 #2,064
1995 82 5 87 #1,762
1994 88 7 95 #1,688
1993 100 6 106 #1,554
1992 104 5 109 #1,509
1991 104 8 112 #1,502
1990 114 5 119 #1,387
1989 117 5 122 #1,328
1988 141 9 150 #1,104
1987 118 7 125 #1,217
1986 129 7 136 #1,123
1985 139 — 139 #1,061
1984 147 6 153 #981
1983 150 — 150 #973
1982 151 8 159 #982
1981 164 8 172 #914
1980 153 5 158 #970
1979 156 8 164 #942
1978 155 6 161 #915
1977 195 7 202 #775
1976 191 7 198 #756
1975 206 — 206 #718
1974 239 9 248 #640
1973 272 5 277 #581
1972 251 6 257 #620
1971 376 8 384 #503
1970 476 8 484 #455
1969 498 10 508 #433
1968 637 10 647 #353
1967 711 10 721 #327
1966 856 9 865 #295
1965 1,021 17 1,038 #270
1964 1,301 18 1,319 #243
1963 1,608 15 1,623 #212
1962 1,878 20 1,898 #197
1961 1,955 26 1,981 #192
1960 1,925 29 1,954 #192
1959 2,004 26 2,030 #182
1958 2,238 25 2,263 #169
1957 2,355 37 2,392 #163
1956 2,394 27 2,421 #154
1955 2,327 36 2,363 #157
1954 2,506 36 2,542 #146
1953 2,462 33 2,495 #146
1952 2,768 35 2,803 #133
1951 2,963 34 2,997 #120
1950 2,628 32 2,660 #123
1949 2,751 46 2,797 #119
1948 2,943 42 2,985 #113
1947 3,520 59 3,579 #104
1946 3,358 44 3,402 #101
1945 3,058 51 3,109 #91
1944 3,170 69 3,239 #88
1943 3,494 98 3,592 #81
1942 3,622 96 3,718 #75
1941 3,538 96 3,634 #70
1940 3,200 124 3,324 #77
1939 3,260 123 3,383 #76
1938 3,114 120 3,234 #81
1937 3,010 129 3,139 #79
1936 2,408 137 2,545 #98
1935 1,648 150 1,798 #134
1934 1,430 159 1,589 #143
1933 864 135 999 #200
1932 658 124 782 #239
1931 558 124 682 #260
1930 351 105 456 #358
1929 218 80 298 #448
1928 223 84 307 #464
1927 267 102 369 #420
1926 224 77 301 #458
1925 248 67 315 #439
1924 302 77 379 #395
1923 285 85 370 #396
1922 281 63 344 #393
1921 304 60 364 #383
1920 313 65 378 #371
1919 330 40 370 #354
1918 311 58 369 #368
1917 283 40 323 #377
1916 272 46 318 #380
1915 243 31 274 #386
1914 215 25 240 #361
1913 159 20 179 #383
1912 143 17 160 #385
1911 111 9 120 #384
1910 106 6 112 #384
1909 83 — 83 #403
1908 75 6 81 #417
1907 53 6 59 #494
1906 42 5 47 #548
1905 49 5 54 #487
1904 39 — 39 #536
1903 37 5 42 #536
1902 26 5 31 #658
1901 22 — 22 #696
1900 26 7 33 #720
1899 23 5 28 #659
1898 14 — 14 #944
1897 15 5 20 #859
1896 13 — 13 #935
1895 10 — 10 #1,093
1894 14 6 20 #842
1893 16 — 16 #765
1892 7 — 7 #1,228
1891 5 — 5 #1,394
1890 5 — 5 #1,402
1889 7 — 7 #1,079
1888 6 6 12 #1,209
1887 6 — 6 #1,093
1886 6 — 6 #1,062
1885 6 — 6 #997
1882 — 5 5 —