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Kaye Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Kaye?

The rare name Kaye was the 10,118th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Kaye, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #322 was reached in 1943.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1947 with 538 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Kaye was less than 5, most recently in 1908.

Approximately during the years 1909-1912, 1913-1919, 1929-1943, 1944-1947, 1977-1980, and 2011-2015, the name Kaye took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1926-1929, 1956-1959, 1961-1966, 1967-1974, and 1988-1992.

Sometimes the name Kaye has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Kaye popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

For a number of years, the name Kaye has been moving downward in popularity. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Kaye for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Kaye is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Kaye has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Kaye (Girl)Kaye (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 10 10,118 < 5 --
2017 8 12,166 < 5 --
2016 8 12,279 < 5 --
2015 16 7,426 < 5 --
2014 10 10,523 < 5 --
2013 10 10,607 < 5 --
2012 10 10,823 < 5 --
2011 5 18,167 < 5 --
2010 10 10,816 < 5 --
2009 7 14,449 < 5 --
2008 14 8,735 < 5 --
2007 9 12,142 < 5 --
2006 13 8,985 < 5 --
2005 14 8,097 < 5 --
2004 16 7,238 < 5 --
2003 14 7,780 < 5 --
2002 16 6,864 < 5 --
2001 13 7,971 < 5 --
2000 22 5,227 < 5 --
1999 14 7,027 < 5 --
1998 14 6,890 < 5 --
1997 26 4,177 < 5 --
1996 16 5,918 < 5 --
1995 17 5,560 < 5 --
1994 19 5,128 < 5 --
1993 30 3,631 < 5 --
1992 18 5,373 < 5 --
1991 25 4,125 < 5 --
1990 30 3,566 < 5 --
1989 30 3,438 < 5 --
1988 43 2,507 < 5 --
1987 29 3,214 < 5 --
1986 31 3,012 < 5 --
1985 29 3,121 < 5 --
1984 27 3,186 < 5 --
1983 42 2,287 < 5 --
1982 44 2,265 < 5 --
1981 46 2,214 < 5 --
1980 52 2,026 < 5 --
1979 33 2,696 < 5 --
1978 40 2,285 < 5 --
1977 32 2,634 < 5 --
1976 38 2,225 < 5 --
1975 39 2,181 < 5 --
1974 38 2,152 < 5 --
1973 51 1,742 < 5 --
1972 59 1,569 < 5 --
1971 75 1,410 < 5 --
1970 90 1,242 < 5 --
1969 131 930 < 5 --
1968 118 953 < 5 --
1967 134 880 < 5 --
1966 118 933 < 5 --
1965 170 760 < 5 --
1964 217 704 < 5 --
1963 235 660 < 5 --
1962 278 598 < 5 --
1961 315 561 < 5 --
1960 291 578 < 5 --
1959 262 613 < 5 --
1958 332 532 < 5 --
1957 341 517 5 4,269
1956 351 499 < 5 --
1955 347 486 < 5 --
1954 388 447 5 4,095
1953 361 455 8 3,037
1952 374 444 < 5 --
1951 417 406 9 2,771
1950 364 419 6 3,510
1949 387 407 < 5 --
1948 428 384 5 3,939
1947 538 344 9 2,772
1946 479 342 11 2,340
1945 442 324 12 2,065
1944 443 323 10 2,390
1943 475 322 10 2,476
1942 397 351 < 5 --
1941 389 335 8 2,770
1940 355 341 15 1,851
1939 323 363 17 1,682
1938 267 411 16 1,778
1937 241 416 15 1,875
1936 189 467 28 1,260
1935 119 598 33 1,152
1934 99 673 43 977
1933 66 824 36 1,098
1932 55 961 63 807
1931 49 1,005 48 950
1930 34 1,306 29 1,353
1929 15 2,250 13 2,262
1928 25 1,653 8 3,237
1927 25 1,701 12 2,469
1926 40 1,233 6 3,960
1925 35 1,359 5 4,578
1924 28 1,629 < 5 --
1923 36 1,315 < 5 --
1922 30 1,522 11 2,716
1921 34 1,388 < 5 --
1920 25 1,681 7 3,656
1919 34 1,338 < 5 --
1918 22 1,780 < 5 --
1917 18 1,960 < 5 --
1916 27 1,423 < 5 --
1915 16 2,002 < 5 --
1914 15 1,782 < 5 --
1913 17 1,434 < 5 --
1912 20 1,196 < 5 --
1911 6 2,333 < 5 --
1910 6 2,285 < 5 --
1909 6 2,086 < 5 --
1908 < 5 -- < 5 --
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 6 1,691 < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- < 5 --
1901 6 1,570 < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- < 5 --
1896 < 5 -- < 5 --
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- < 5 --
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.