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.

Kaye

#1,339 most common girls' name of all time · #2,328 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1901–2025

Rank among girls
#1,339
Rank overall
#2,328 of 105,966
First appeared
1901
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
13,707
Since 2016
113
Peak year
1947 #344
Best rank
#323 1943
Girls Boys peak 547/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kaye first appears in 1901. 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 18 — 18 #6,344
2024 11 — 11 #8,995
2023 7 — 7 #12,254
2022 15 — 15 #7,307
2021 13 — 13 #8,050
2020 10 — 10 #9,602
2019 13 — 13 #8,173
2018 10 — 10 #9,853
2017 8 — 8 #11,670
2016 8 — 8 #11,838
2015 16 — 16 #7,290
2014 10 — 10 #10,182
2013 10 — 10 #10,277
2012 10 — 10 #10,487
2011 5 — 5 #16,882
2010 11 — 11 #9,829
2009 7 — 7 #13,771
2008 14 — 14 #8,559
2007 9 — 9 #11,683
2006 13 — 13 #8,752
2005 14 — 14 #7,927
2004 16 — 16 #7,093
2003 14 — 14 #7,609
2002 16 — 16 #6,733
2001 13 — 13 #7,765
2000 22 — 22 #5,164
1999 14 — 14 #6,874
1998 14 — 14 #6,757
1997 26 — 26 #4,134
1996 16 — 16 #5,807
1995 17 — 17 #5,466
1994 19 — 19 #5,042
1993 30 — 30 #3,598
1992 18 — 18 #5,297
1991 25 — 25 #4,075
1990 30 — 30 #3,532
1989 30 — 30 #3,416
1988 43 — 43 #2,495
1987 29 — 29 #3,180
1986 31 — 31 #2,985
1985 29 — 29 #3,095
1984 27 — 27 #3,161
1983 42 — 42 #2,278
1982 45 — 45 #2,230
1981 46 — 46 #2,204
1980 52 — 52 #2,023
1979 33 — 33 #2,682
1978 40 — 40 #2,278
1977 32 — 32 #2,621
1976 38 — 38 #2,222
1975 39 — 39 #2,176
1974 38 — 38 #2,146
1973 51 — 51 #1,742
1972 59 — 59 #1,570
1971 75 — 75 #1,409
1970 90 — 90 #1,241
1969 130 — 130 #933
1968 119 — 119 #950
1967 135 — 135 #877
1966 118 — 118 #933
1965 170 — 170 #760
1964 217 — 217 #705
1963 235 — 235 #660
1962 278 — 278 #599
1961 315 — 315 #561
1960 291 — 291 #580
1959 262 — 262 #613
1958 332 — 332 #531
1957 342 5 347 #518
1956 350 — 350 #501
1955 347 — 347 #487
1954 388 5 393 #447
1953 361 8 369 #455
1952 374 — 374 #444
1951 417 9 426 #407
1950 364 6 370 #420
1949 387 — 387 #407
1948 428 5 433 #384
1947 538 9 547 #344
1946 479 11 490 #342
1945 443 12 455 #324
1944 443 10 453 #323
1943 475 10 485 #323
1942 397 — 397 #351
1941 389 8 397 #335
1940 355 15 370 #341
1939 323 17 340 #362
1938 267 16 283 #412
1937 241 15 256 #416
1936 189 28 217 #468
1935 119 33 152 #599
1934 99 43 142 #674
1933 66 36 102 #824
1932 55 63 118 #960
1931 49 48 97 #1,006
1930 34 29 63 #1,310
1929 15 13 28 #2,237
1928 25 8 33 #1,663
1927 25 12 37 #1,707
1926 40 6 46 #1,233
1925 35 5 40 #1,369
1924 28 — 28 #1,632
1923 36 — 36 #1,317
1922 30 11 41 #1,528
1921 34 — 34 #1,398
1920 25 7 32 #1,695
1919 34 — 34 #1,345
1918 22 — 22 #1,801
1917 18 — 18 #1,977
1916 27 — 27 #1,440
1915 16 — 16 #2,026
1914 15 — 15 #1,794
1913 17 — 17 #1,457
1912 20 — 20 #1,214
1911 6 — 6 #2,349
1910 6 — 6 #2,297
1909 6 — 6 #2,125
1903 6 — 6 #1,772
1901 6 — 6 #1,673