Klye — boys' name

What the Data Says About Klye

The Social Security Administration has registered 297 babies named Klye between 1978 and 2012, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Klye currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Klye performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Klye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Klye in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Klye 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 297 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.