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Sky

Boy's name · #1661 in the US (2025) · Trending

23% boys · 77% girls — About 77% of babies named Sky in recent years have been girls. Sky →

Popularity over time

Sky is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1953, it stood at #1661 in 2025; about 4,200 boys have been named Sky along the way.

Across the states

See where Sky is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Sky ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,055 in Belgium (2025) · #1,507 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,527 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,948 in Canada (2024).

Famous Skys

• Sky du Mont — German actor
• Sky Kim — Australian male archer
• Sky Blu — American singer and rapper
• Sky Saxon — American singer (1937–2009)
• Sky van Hoff — German songwriter

In stories & tradition

• Sky Lynx^es — The Transformers (TV series)
• Sky^it — Winx Club (TV series)
• Sky Masterson — Guys and Dolls (musical stage work)

What Skys become

Among 76 notable people named Sky:

Entertainers appear 3.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sky du Mont, German actor.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Skye (#2357), Sky would rank around #1244 with about 160 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Sky and Skye.

Similar names: Skye · Rian · Scout · Lucky · Edrick · Richie

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