Kye

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kye: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kye: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #87 in 2001, and it stood at #727 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
46times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#87highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2002

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2002	#4137

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #727 among boys in Scotland, #1108 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #376 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2005
Highest recorded position: #87 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2005).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1108 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kye appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 4,012 births with the name.

Kye across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kye's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#376 (1996)	#176 (2004)	#1108 (2024)	29 of 29	4,012 (1996–2024)	267 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#357 (2007)	#208 (2013)	#433 (2021)	5 of 15	22 (2007–2021)	10 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#698 (2008)	#352 (2013)	#741 (2020)	7 of 13	34 (2008–2020)	11 (2013)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#87 (2001)	#87 (2001)	#96 (2005)	2 of 5	196 (2001–2005)	99 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#3900 (1999)	#4137 (2002)	2 of 4	6 (1999–2002)	3 (1999)

Kye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kye in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	424	4 of 10	106
2000sbusiest	2,101	10 of 10	210
2010s	1,321	10 of 10	132
2020s	166	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 210 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2013 and 2014, when recorded births fell by 109, from 249 to 140.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kye appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2001.

Kye's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#601	59	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#694	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#619	58	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#508	78	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#501	81	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#429	96	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#326	140	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#213	249	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#241	209	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#267	176	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#254	186	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#204	238	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#202	235	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#182	267	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#179	253	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#202	192	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#176	230	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#201	188	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#183	193	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#194	174	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#229	131	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#266	106	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#235	130	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#233	130	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#376	58	High	Verified
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#96	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #87, first reached in 2001.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 267 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Enzo · #88, 30y
Hope · #88, 33y
Tilly · #86, 30y
Elle · #89, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jai · #87, 30y
Breanna · #88, 29y
Enzo · #88, 30y
Hope · #88, 33y

Kye was ranked #87 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kye and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kye without appearing here.

Kye moved ahead of

Gregory Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1108 and #1071 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1108 and #1460.
Courtney Compare
In 1996 they stood at #376 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #233 and #399.
Graham Compare
In 1996 they stood at #376 and #341 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #233 and #344.
Gary Compare
In 1999 they stood at #266 and #261 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #229 and #321.

Moved ahead of Kye

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #601 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1055 and #433.
Theodor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #601 and #627 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1055 and #514.
Ronald Compare
In 2020 they stood at #601 and #668 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1055 and #569.
Emil Compare
In 2020 they stood at #601 and #656 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1055 and #695.

Moved the opposite way to Kye

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kye

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kye went from #376 to #1108 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #87 in New South Wales, Australia in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kye

Kye at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kye across 5 official records

Kye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kye appears in

Popularity data

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Kye at a glance

Kye across 5 official records

Kye by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Kye moved ahead of

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