Kay — #3881 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kay

The Social Security Administration has registered 98,583 babies named Kay between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kay currently holds the #3881 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 3,623 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kay performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 32,654 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Kay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,866 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kay in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 98,583 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.