Skye
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Skye
The e-addition takes the name from slightly hippie-ish nature name to the place name of a picturesque island off the coast of Scotland, and for baby namers it's by far the more popular spelling.
Skye for girls#532 US
Skye entered the girls' list in 1987, a year after the introduction of Skye Chandler, a popular character for decades on no fewer than three soaps—All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital.
As a first name, Skye is a sleek gender-neutral choice, used for ten times as many girls as boys. It makes a lovely middle-name choice.
Skye for boys#2357 US
Referring to the Scottish Isle of Skye, this spelling brings Sky down to earth. Skye is used ten times more often for girls than boys, while the gender split on the Sky spelling is more like three to one in favor of the female side.
Pronounced SKY.
As of October 2026, Skye ranked #532 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #367 in 2014, Nameberry popularity #425.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #367 | 887 | #2,271 | 59 |
| 2015 | #384 | 856 | #2,269 | 59 |
| 2016 | #417 | 796 | #2,024 | 71 |
| 2017 | #424 | 750 | #2,263 | 59 |
| 2018 | #414 | 748 | #2,700 | 46 |
| 2019 | #420 | 752 | #2,356 | 58 |
| 2020 | #467 | 662 | #2,580 | 50 |
| 2021 | #428 | 736 | #2,151 | 67 |
| 2022 | #416 | 759 | #2,235 | 65 |
| 2023 | #447 | 687 | #2,121 | 69 |
| 2024 | #480 | 642 | #2,278 | 63 |
| 2025 | #532 | 569 | #2,357 | 59 |
World rankings
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Famous Skyes
- Skye AubreyGirl
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- Skye Alexandra SweetnamGirl
Canadian pop singer
- SkyeGirl
Jilly Edwards, Australian beauty queen; Miss Globe International 1994
- Shirley Klaris Yonavieve "Skye" EdwardsGirl
British singer,songwriter
- Skye McCole BartusiakGirl
American actress
- Skye Alyssa FriedmanGirl
American actress
- Skylar Christan "Skye" TownsendGirl
American actress and singer
- Skye Deva BennettGirl
Anglo,American actress
- Skye DailorGirl
late sister of Mastodon's drummer Brann Dailor and inspiration for album "Crack the Skye"
- Skye Alexandra Wilson (b. 2001)Girl
daughter of actress Marie Wilson
- Skye Mahoney (b. 1992)Girl
daughter of actress Paula Garces
- Skye Degruttola (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of actors Simone Lahbib and Raffaello Degruttola
- Skye Bella Schlopy (b. 2006)Girl
daughter of swimmer and actress Summer Sanders
- Skye BoylandBoy
australian male fitness trainer/body builder
- Daniel SkyeBoy
American musician.
- Skye Chambers (b. 2005)Boy
son of Dwain Chambers
Skye in pop culture
- Skye PenderwickGirl
character in the Penderwick series by Jeanne Birdsall
- Daisy "Skye" JohnsonGirl
character on TV's "Marvel's Agents of SHIELD"
- Skye PetersGirl
character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- Skye HamiltonGirl
main character in the Alpha series by Lisi Harrison
- Isles of SkyeGirl
largest and most northerly large island in Scotland
- Skye BrackenGirl
a character in NIL UNLOCKED & NIL ON FIRE by Lynne Matson
- Skye MillerGirl
character in 13 Reasons Why
- Skye ParkinGirl
character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Prince SkyeBoy
prince Po's brother from the novel "Graceling" by Kristin Cashore
- SkyeBoy
character in "Harvest Moon"
- SkyeBoy
Laura's Siberian husky in the Laura Marlin Mysteries series of books
- Skye MagewoodBoy
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series