Ky

Girl · recorded 1969–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1998best year

Most popular in 1998.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ky.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

03519691983199620102023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 25 recorded years as a table
Ky, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19693
19734
19775
19783
19863
19893
19904
19923
19943
19953
19964
19985
19993
20005
20033
20103
20125
20143
20153
20163
20174
20183
20193
20225
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ky isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1969
154

Ky was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1998, at 5 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ky doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.