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.

Ky*

#3,515 most common boys' name of all time · #8,574 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1950–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,515
Rank overall
#8,574 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
68 of 146
All-time
1,659
Since 2016
331
Peak year
1990 #1,891
Best rank
#1,782 1987
Girls Boys peak 48/yr
1960198020002020

Ky first appears in 1950. 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 31 31 #3,609
2024 25 25 #4,230
2023 5 35 40 #3,363
2022 8 33 41 #3,488
2021 30 30 #3,677
2020 25 25 #4,046
2019 5 19 24 #5,002
2018 5 33 38 #3,400
2017 7 40 47 #2,964
2016 6 24 30 #4,228
2015 5 24 29 #4,208
2014 6 29 35 #3,640
2013 28 28 #3,686
2012 8 25 33 #4,038
2011 29 29 #3,627
2010 5 19 24 #4,890
2009 22 22 #4,470
2008 18 18 #5,101
2007 27 27 #3,825
2006 18 18 #4,918
2005 32 32 #3,192
2004 24 24 #3,770
2003 6 34 40 #2,868
2002 32 32 #2,903
2001 35 35 #2,704
2000 9 27 36 #3,180
1999 6 29 35 #2,899
1998 9 26 35 #3,042
1997 24 24 #3,094
1996 7 28 35 #2,708
1995 5 21 26 #3,241
1994 6 34 40 #2,322
1993 30 30 #2,479
1992 6 42 48 #1,935
1991 23 23 #2,865
1990 7 41 48 #1,891
1989 5 31 36 #2,223
1988 29 29 #2,180
1987 37 37 #1,782
1986 5 27 32 #2,136
1985 22 22 #2,404
1984 18 18 #2,654
1983 24 24 #2,188
1982 25 25 #2,142
1981 15 15 #2,975
1980 16 16 #2,906
1979 13 13 #3,279
1978 5 14 19 #3,009
1977 7 14 21 #2,977
1976 14 14 #2,897
1975 18 18 #2,418
1974 15 15 #2,622
1973 6 8 14 #3,896
1972 17 17 #2,303
1971 20 20 #2,106
1970 17 17 #2,274
1969 5 11 16 #2,801
1968 7 7 #3,583
1967 15 15 #2,127
1965 9 9 #2,947
1964 9 9 #3,025
1962 7 7 #3,576
1961 7 7 #3,589
1958 5 5 #4,373
1957 10 10 #2,810
1955 5 5 #4,315
1952 5 5 #4,204
1950 5 5 #4,174