Skai — #2515 US unisex name
988 babies named Skai in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to girls today.
47% of everyone ever named Skai was born in this single decade.
92 babies were named Skai in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Skai
The Social Security Administration has registered 988 babies named Skai between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Skai currently holds the #2515 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 92 babies received it in a single year. Skai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 76 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Skai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 466 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Skai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Skai in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Skai 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 988 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.
Skai at a glance
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Current rank
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Skai popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2021)
- 92
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #2515 among girls.
988 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 92 births in a single year.
Skai popularity over time — boys
76 total births recorded since 2003 (Skai as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Skai accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Skai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 466 births that decade — 47% of Skai's all-time total
Skai decade highlights
- Peak decade 466 births
- Runner-up 396 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Skai's strongest decade
466 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Skai by state
Where Skai concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 93 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 39 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 39 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 33 | 3.3% |
| #5 | California | | 29 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 25 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 19 | 1.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 16 | 1.6% |
93 of 988 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 9.4% of nationwide
- New York 3.9% of nationwide
- Texas 3.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.3% of nationwide
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Skai appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.