# Skye (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/skye/  
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 | Scottish Gaelic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /skaɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,165 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,903 / 24,262 (89% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14,011, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.

## 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 | 624 | 476 |
| 2012 | 703 | 446 |
| 2013 | 718 | 425 |
| 2014 | 887 | 368 |
| 2015 | 856 | 384 |
| 2016 | 797 | 417 |
| 2017 | 752 | 423 |
| 2018 | 748 | 414 |
| 2019 | 753 | 419 |
| 2020 | 664 | 466 |
| 2021 | 737 | 428 |
| 2022 | 760 | 416 |
| 2023 | 687 | 447 |
| 2024 | 644 | 480 |
| 2025 | 569 | 532 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 2,313 |
| 2012 | 57 | 2,288 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,328 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,271 |
| 2015 | 59 | 2,271 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,024 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,264 |
| 2018 | 46 | 2,702 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,359 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,580 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,152 |
| 2022 | 65 | 2,236 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,122 |
| 2024 | 63 | 2,285 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,357 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 717 | 84 |
| 2012 | 666 | 86 |
| 2013 | 595 | 91 |
| 2014 | 518 | 109 |
| 2015 | 502 | 115 |
| 2016 | 482 | 121 |
| 2017 | 449 | 124 |
| 2018 | 391 | 134 |
| 2019 | 311 | 161 |
| 2020 | 303 | 167 |
| 2021 | 309 | 167 |
| 2022 | 269 | 188 |
| 2023 | 277 | 184 |
| 2024 | 245 | 202 |
| 2025 | 214 | 219 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Skye

- Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress (1992-2014)
- Ione Skye, British-born American actress
- Skye Sweetnam, Canadian singer
- Skye Edwards, British singer
- Skye Blakely, American gymnast
- Skye Blue, American pornographic actress, director, and business woman
- Skye Blue, American professional wrestler

## 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.