Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Sky

Gender

Male

Origin

English

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Sky

Pronunciation

s-ky

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #1384, 122 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1654, 101 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #710, 405 births); most recent 2025 (rank #948, 272 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025101272
202498330
2023105359
2022113396
2021100405
202096337
201992337
201888315
201791335
201686366

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #1467, 18 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #197, 275 births); most recent 2025 (rank #922, 38 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251838
20241133
20231437
2022843
2021653
2020545
2019842
2018344
2017662
2016770

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #2965, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4084, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202374
202245
2021–3
2020–5
2019––
201833
2017––
2016––
2015––
2014–3

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #543, 6 births); most recent 2024 (rank #869, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
20236
20223
20213
20204
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #226, 17 births); most recent 2024 (rank #638, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20244
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #397, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #520, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #594, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018–6
2017––
2016––
20156–
2014–5

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence