How Many People Are Named Ky?

1,590

people named Ky are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 214,959 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,659 babies named Ky in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,839

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,902

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Peak Year

1990

48 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
9.5%
Male
90.5%

Of the babies given the name Ky, 9.5% were girls and 90.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 10.7% of the babies were girls then and 6.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ky alive today is about 26 years old, and 57% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 38 in 2025.

Under 30 911
57.3%
30 to 59 632
39.8%
60 and over 46
2.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ky first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 1990, to 48 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ky has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,773, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #3,622.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,622
Best rank#1,773 (1987)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,545 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ky alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ky were born in Texas than in any other state: about 89 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ky was given 6.2 times as often in Texas and 2.4 times in California.

Texas 89
California 50
Oklahoma 6
Illinois 5

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