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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |