Skye

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Skye: Recorded since 1978, its highest recorded position is #45, and it stood at #273 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
121times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#45highest recorded position
24groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Skye's record

Moved 228 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#285
1997	#226
1998	#206
1999	#158
2000	#153
2001	#142
2002	#123
2003	#114
2004	#108
2005	#88
2006	#76
2007	#67
2008	#76
2009	#71
2010	#73
2011	#84
2012	#86
2013	#91
2014	#109
2015	#115
2016	#121
2017	#124
2018	#134
2019	#161
2020	#167
2021	#167
2022	#188
2023	#184
2024	#202

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 14 of the 36 years from 1978 to 2013.

In 2024: #45 among girls in Scotland, #202 among girls in England and Wales, #275 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #288 among girls in Northern Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1978–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #100 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #273 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Skye appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 13,654 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, from 1978.

Skye across 6 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.

Skye'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
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#100 (1978)	#73 (2005)	#91 (2013)	14 of 36	1,160 (1978–2013)	102 (2005)
England and Wales · Girls	#285 (1996)	#67 (2007)	#202 (2024)	29 of 29	13,654 (1996–2024)	930 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#319 (1998)	#168 (2023)	#273 (2025)	27 of 28	479 (1998–2025)	29 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#229 (1998)	#115 (2012)	#288 (2024)	24 of 27	252 (1998–2024)	20 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#1664 (1999)	#1664 (1999)	#2443 (2024)	24 of 26	136 (1999–2024)	11 (2023)
New Zealand · Girls	#99 (2006)	#81 (2007)	#81 (2007)	2 of 2	97 (2006–2007)	53 (2007)

Skye by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Skye in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	795	4 of 10	199
2000sbusiest	5,997	10 of 10	600
2010s	5,459	10 of 10	546
2020s	1,403	5 of 10	281

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 600 births a year.

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

Skye 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 6 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in Scotland in 2024.

Skye'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	female	#202	245	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#184	277	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#188	269	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#167	309	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#167	303	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#161	311	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#134	391	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#124	449	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#121	482	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#115	502	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#109	518	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#91	595	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#86	666	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#84	717	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#73	828	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#71	895	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#76	836	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#67	930	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#76	775	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#88	631	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#108	490	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#114	438	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#123	381	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#142	321	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#153	300	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#158	282	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1664	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#206	203	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#226	180	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#285	130	High	Verified
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#91	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	84	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New Zealand	female	#81	53	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	female	#99	44	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#288	5	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#243	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#208	9	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#159	14	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#123	19	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#191	10	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#234	8	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#115	20	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#135	17	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#160	13	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#154	13	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#121	20	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#139	15	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#170	11	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#169	11	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#155	11	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#284	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#229	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#275	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	28	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#251	18	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	24	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#209	24	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#199	26	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	29	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	26	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#229	22	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#208	27	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	19	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#225	25	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#219	25	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#345	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#204	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#414	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#45	83	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
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 6 registrars between 1978 and 2025, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #45, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 17 years, 9 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 930 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 46 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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Skyla · #82, 28y
Skyla-Mae · #1635, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Harley · #45, 39y
Jessie · #46, 42y
Ashton · #41, 33y
Toby · #41, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Eira · #44, 35y
Jessie · #46, 42y
Andrine · #43, 44y
Faye · #43, 49y

Skye was ranked #45 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Skye 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 Skye without appearing here.

Skye moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #4608.
Morten Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3004 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Skye

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1190.
Leif Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3158 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #1568.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #2194.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.

Moved the opposite way to Skye

Emilie Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 while Emilie went from #392 to #608.
Marianne Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 while Marianne went from #528 to #885.
Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Skye went from #1664 to #2443 while Albie went from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Skye went from #1664 to #2443 while Alfie went from #64 to #16.

Moved the same way as Skye

Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 and Alma from #528 to #226.
Elsie Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 and Elsie from #528 to #55.
Florence Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 and Florence from #528 to #196.
Freya Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Skye went from #528 to #273 and Freya from #355 to #25.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 6 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #45 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Skye

Skye at a glance

What stands out in Skye's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Skye across 6 official records

Skye by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Skye appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Skye

Skye and the names beside it

Skye moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Skye

Moved the opposite way to Skye

Moved the same way as Skye

Skye at a glance

What stands out in Skye's record

Skye across 6 official records

Skye by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Skye appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Skye

Skye and the names beside it

Skye moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Skye

Moved the opposite way to Skye

Moved the same way as Skye