Skye

What Skye means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Skye yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #384 in 2015 to #529 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Skye?

US: Falling: down from #384 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #115 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 887 girls got the name (#367 that year). First in the US records in 1952.

How common

• About 1 in 2,825 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,184 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 267 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.73 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.76 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.73 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Skye is #529 in the US and #219 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.6% of US babies named Skye were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Skyah12 US
• Skya7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Skye

Girls

• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Dakota#295“ally”^*
• Savannah#135From the word “savannah”^*
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Dallas#238“dweller at the house in the dale”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Abraham#209“father of + multitude of”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Simon#230“sixpence coin”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a place name where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Skye’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.