Kye

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A few things about Kye you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Kye

Kye Rowles

Australian association football player

Choose Kye and your child shares a first name with Kye Rowles, an Australian association football player. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Kye, like who?” Kye Rowles's Wikipedia article is available in 25 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 12,563 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Kye, 136 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Kye would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryKye first shows up in US birth records in 1956, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 69 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2016, when it reached #693.
• 📈Then vs nowKye is 2.1× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 26,525 baby boys; in 2025, about 1 in 12,563.
• 🍂TrendKye has slipped 551 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,366. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedKye is most popular in Louisiana, where it ranks #450, followed by Tennessee (#672) and Oklahoma (#698). It's in the top 1,000 in 5 states.
• 🌍OriginKye is the #8 most popular Hawaiian boy name in the US. That's out of 156 Hawaiian boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Kye

Kye is a boy name of Hawaiian, Hebrew and Scottish origin. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with K and ending in “-kye”. US birth records list Kye for boys from 1956 to 2025, in 67 of those 70 years. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked #693 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,366, with 136 babies.

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