Sky**
#1,322 most common girls' name of all time · #2,305 across all names · 30% male / 70% female · used 1953–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,322
Rank overall
#2,305 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
13,948
Since 2016
4,429
Peak year
2014 #726
Best rank
#711 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 510/yr
Sky first appears in 1953. 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 | 272 | 101 | 373 | #949 |
| 2024 | 333 | 100 | 433 | #826 |
| 2023 | 360 | 105 | 465 | #785 |
| 2022 | 396 | 114 | 510 | #736 |
| 2021 | 405 | 100 | 505 | #711 |
| 2020 | 337 | 96 | 433 | #807 |
| 2019 | 337 | 92 | 429 | #812 |
| 2018 | 315 | 88 | 403 | #862 |
| 2017 | 335 | 91 | 426 | #817 |
| 2016 | 366 | 86 | 452 | #776 |
| 2015 | 367 | 84 | 451 | #772 |
| 2014 | 386 | 124 | 510 | #726 |
| 2013 | 296 | 96 | 392 | #873 |
| 2012 | 314 | 97 | 411 | #850 |
| 2011 | 264 | 77 | 341 | #972 |
| 2010 | 252 | 104 | 356 | #998 |
| 2009 | 253 | 94 | 347 | #1,030 |
| 2008 | 266 | 83 | 349 | #996 |
| 2007 | 272 | 87 | 359 | #987 |
| 2006 | 251 | 86 | 337 | #1,018 |
| 2005 | 262 | 91 | 353 | #945 |
| 2004 | 226 | 87 | 313 | #1,031 |
| 2003 | 273 | 91 | 364 | #884 |
| 2002 | 252 | 83 | 335 | #891 |
| 2001 | 222 | 86 | 308 | #970 |
| 2000 | 214 | 75 | 289 | #993 |
| 1999 | 215 | 76 | 291 | #961 |
| 1998 | 188 | 64 | 252 | #1,047 |
| 1997 | 177 | 79 | 256 | #1,072 |
| 1996 | 160 | 86 | 246 | #1,136 |
| 1995 | 128 | 74 | 202 | #1,303 |
| 1994 | 110 | 73 | 183 | #1,450 |
| 1993 | 100 | 63 | 163 | #1,559 |
| 1992 | 90 | 50 | 140 | #1,681 |
| 1991 | 77 | 50 | 127 | #1,847 |
| 1990 | 92 | 55 | 147 | #1,626 |
| 1989 | 69 | 53 | 122 | #1,905 |
| 1988 | 66 | 50 | 116 | #1,878 |
| 1987 | 57 | 46 | 103 | #1,972 |
| 1986 | 14 | 57 | 71 | #5,290 |
| 1985 | 27 | 49 | 76 | #3,287 |
| 1984 | 21 | 48 | 69 | #3,803 |
| 1983 | 26 | 64 | 90 | #3,196 |
| 1982 | 30 | 64 | 94 | #2,990 |
| 1981 | 27 | 53 | 80 | #3,199 |
| 1980 | 30 | 53 | 83 | #2,967 |
| 1979 | 39 | 60 | 99 | #2,418 |
| 1978 | 36 | 71 | 107 | #2,456 |
| 1977 | 27 | 57 | 84 | #2,958 |
| 1976 | 22 | 42 | 64 | #3,246 |
| 1975 | 25 | 61 | 86 | #2,935 |
| 1974 | 16 | 48 | 64 | #3,961 |
| 1973 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #4,482 |
| 1972 | 18 | 29 | 47 | #3,486 |
| 1971 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #7,789 |
| 1970 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #7,486 |
| 1969 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1962 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1960 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1959 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,754 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1956 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | — |