Feminine dossier · first seen 1901

Kaye

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

Endangered Down 98% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

538

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1901Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

98%

2024

All-time

13,185

Kaye 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 1947, when 538 girls were named Kaye.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 98% from its peak.

All told, about 13,185 Americans have been named Kaye and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1901.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98% from peak

1947538 girls named Kaye

202411 girls named Kaye

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