Feminine dossier · first seen 1885

Kay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

3,623

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1885Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

99%

2024

All-time

98,583

Kay once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 3,623 girls were named Kay.

In 2024, only 38 girls were given the name.

Down 99% from its peak.

All told, about 98,583 Americans have been named Kay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1885.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99% from peak

19423,623 girls named Kay

202438 girls named Kay

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