Ky — #4214 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ky

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,474 babies named Ky between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ky currently holds the #4214 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 42 babies received it in a single year. Ky is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 154 additional births since 1969.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ky performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ky shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Ky in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ky 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 1,474 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.