# Kaye (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaye/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,707 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 503 / 13,204 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 84, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 18,186 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,839 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,625 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,542 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,438 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,317 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,201 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,185 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,366 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,908 |
| 2021 | 13 | 8,263 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,460 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,795 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,242 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,442 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 16 | 1,781 |
| 1939 | 17 | 1,681 |
| 1940 | 15 | 1,850 |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,773 |
| 1943 | 10 | 2,478 |
| 1944 | 10 | 2,388 |
| 1945 | 12 | 2,066 |
| 1946 | 11 | 2,342 |
| 1947 | 9 | 2,772 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,939 |
| 1950 | 6 | 3,510 |
| 1951 | 9 | 2,772 |
| 1953 | 8 | 3,040 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4,102 |
| 1957 | 5 | 4,271 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 7 | 2,152 |
| 1998 | 8 | 1,979 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2,226 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2,301 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

## People named Kaye

- Kaye Hall, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, art teacher
- Kaye Ballard, American actress, comedian, and singer (1925–2019)
- Robert Kaye Greville, British botanist (1794-1866)
- Kaye Abad, Filipino actress
- William Kaye Estes, American psychologist (1919–2011)
- Loni Anderson, American actress (1945–2025)
- Laurell K. Hamilton, American novelist
- Linda Davis, American country music singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.