Ky

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 45 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
45
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Ky by the numbers

Ky was given to 45 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Ky

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ky. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kitree; wood; or various meanings by character13 in the US (2017)
  • Kye327 in the US (2017)
  • Kc31 in the US (2017)
  • Koy27 in the US (2017)
  • Kyi17 in the US (2017)
  • Kj12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ky

Names that are said the same way as Ky, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Khigreek letter chi26 in the US (2017)
  • Khye11 in the US (2017)
  • Khy8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Ky

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