Girls' name · since 1987
Skylee
Skylee has 2,616 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,616
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
2,616 babies have been named Skylee since 1987, making it today's #3195 girls' name.
Skylee has 2,616 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3195 as of the latest data, more common than 82% 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 1987 to 2025.
- #3,929 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,616 born since 1987
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skylee ranks #3,929 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,616 born since 1987, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,929 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,616
- born since 1987
- 2010s
- peak decade
Skylee's 2,616 recorded births place it above 94.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Utah.
How Skylee compares
2,616 Top 20% higher than 80% of 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
Skylee's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Skylee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,616 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 149 | 21 | 19,840 |
Skylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skylee splits its recorded history at 2008: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1987 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 149 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 149
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Skylee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,199 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Skylee's strongest decade.
1,199 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Skylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 151
1990s
151 births
- 2000s
2000s
801 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,199 births
- 2020s 458
2020s
458 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,199 births (46% of all-time use).
How Skylee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Skylee's total volume
Skylee by state
Where Skylee concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 255 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 221 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 165 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 93 | 3.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 86 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 45 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 44 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Oklahoma | | 33 | 1.3% |
255 of 2,616 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Skylee appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Skylee's data
- Skylee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,199 total births) through the 2020s (458) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Utah records the most Skylees (255 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Utah names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Skylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Skylee 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.