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Sky Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Sky?

In 2018 the less frequently given name Sky, ranked the 863rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 1000 most popular, Sky has been less popular than the top 1000 in the past.

Its highest popularity ranking of #736 was reached in 2014 with 381 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Sky was less than 5, most recently in 1969.

Sky, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1969-1978, 1984-1990, 1991-1999, and 2009-2014.

Sky became more popular as a girls name in 1987.

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

What does the future hold for the popularity of Sky?

Sky's popularity is at a very high point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Sky still has a solid footing and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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   Sky (Girl)Sky (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 312 863 87 1,761
2017 334 816 91 1,717
2016 364 777 86 1,782
2015 367 772 84 1,797
2014 381 736 123 1,386
2013 293 881 96 1,609
2012 313 853 97 1,613
2011 262 979 76 1,858
2010 251 1,002 104 1,548
2009 252 1,033 93 1,692
2008 266 996 83 1,797
2007 272 986 87 1,725
2006 251 1,022 86 1,664
2005 261 950 91 1,550
2004 224 1,037 87 1,541
2003 273 884 91 1,448
2002 252 893 83 1,513
2001 222 972 86 1,449
2000 214 993 75 1,583
1999 215 965 76 1,499
1998 188 1,049 64 1,637
1997 177 1,072 79 1,396
1996 160 1,138 86 1,289
1995 128 1,305 74 1,378
1994 110 1,453 73 1,369
1993 100 1,563 63 1,490
1992 90 1,684 50 1,728
1991 77 1,851 50 1,672
1990 92 1,628 55 1,546
1989 69 1,907 53 1,546
1988 66 1,888 50 1,510
1987 57 1,986 46 1,553
1986 14 5,418 57 1,294
1985 27 3,320 49 1,410
1984 21 3,856 48 1,382
1983 26 3,224 64 1,128
1982 30 3,008 64 1,146
1981 27 3,231 53 1,267
1980 30 2,987 53 1,289
1979 39 2,423 60 1,174
1978 36 2,463 71 1,040
1977 27 2,985 57 1,173
1976 22 3,267 42 1,388
1975 25 2,951 61 1,077
1974 16 4,010 48 1,214
1973 13 4,547 25 1,812
1972 18 3,515 29 1,641
1971 6 8,179 24 1,857
1970 6 7,858 19 2,111
1969 < 5 -- 11 2,836
1968 < 5 -- 9 3,071
1967 < 5 -- 6 3,910
1966 < 5 -- 5 4,447
1965 < 5 -- 5 4,356
1964 < 5 -- 5 4,529
1963 < 5 -- 6 3,988
1962 < 5 -- 11 2,657
1961 < 5 -- 6 4,008
1960 < 5 -- 12 2,526
1959 < 5 -- 12 2,515
1958 5 6,900 11 2,621
1957 < 5 -- 10 2,804
1956 < 5 -- 14 2,248
1955 < 5 -- 5 4,318
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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.