Masculine dossier · first seen 1950

Ky

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1950Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

40.5%

2024

All-time

1,474

Ky has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 42 boys were named Ky.

In 2024, only 25 boys were given the name.

Down 40.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,474 Americans have been named Ky and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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