Girls' name · since 2002
Skya
153 babies named Skya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
153 babies have been named Skya since 2002, making it today's #12570 girls' name.
Skya has 153 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12570 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #22,597 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,570 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 153 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skya ranks #22,597 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,570 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 153 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,597 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,570 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 153
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skya's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Skya compares
153 32nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Skya's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 153 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Skya's full recorded timeline at 2016, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Skya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Skya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Skya's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Skya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Skya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Skya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Skya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.