# Kye (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kye/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,904 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,557 / 347 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,034, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a modern phonetic rendering of Kai, or a short form of Kyle and Kyler.

## 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 | 8 | 12,819 |
| 2012 | 9 | 11,807 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,662 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,601 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,536 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,657 |
| 2017 | 22 | 5,756 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,006 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,935 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,776 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,696 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,368 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,584 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,134 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 157 | 1,151 |
| 2012 | 154 | 1,181 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,213 |
| 2014 | 173 | 1,105 |
| 2015 | 211 | 981 |
| 2016 | 356 | 693 |
| 2017 | 310 | 760 |
| 2018 | 310 | 760 |
| 2019 | 288 | 797 |
| 2020 | 284 | 815 |
| 2021 | 260 | 889 |
| 2022 | 277 | 870 |
| 2023 | 240 | 942 |
| 2024 | 171 | 1,201 |
| 2025 | 136 | 1,369 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 176 | 267 |
| 2012 | 209 | 241 |
| 2013 | 249 | 213 |
| 2014 | 140 | 326 |
| 2015 | 96 | 429 |
| 2016 | 81 | 501 |
| 2017 | 78 | 508 |
| 2018 | 58 | 619 |
| 2019 | 48 | 694 |
| 2020 | 59 | 601 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Kye

- Kye Rowles, Australian association football player
- Kye Whyte, British male BMX rider

## 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.