Kaye is an established girls' name that peaked in 1947 and has since faded.
Kaye is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,442 for girl births in the United States (and #11,192 across all names), given to 18 babies. Kaye was first reported in SSA data in 1901 and peaked in 1947 (538 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | #6,442 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | #9,242 | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,795 | — |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 | #7,460 | — |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | #8,263 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #9,908 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,366 | — |
| 2018 | 10 | 10 | #10,185 | — |
| 2017 | 8 | 8 | #12,201 | — |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,317 | — |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | #7,438 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | #10,542 | — |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #10,625 | — |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #10,839 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #18,186 | — |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | #10,123 | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #14,461 | — |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,741 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #12,148 | — |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #8,990 | — |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #8,104 | — |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,241 | — |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #7,785 | — |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #6,872 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,971 | — |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | #5,230 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #7,029 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #6,890 | — |
| 1997 | 26 | — | #4,177 | — |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #5,919 | — |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #5,562 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #5,129 | — |
| 1993 | 30 | — | #3,632 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | — | #5,376 | — |
| 1991 | 25 | — | #4,127 | — |
| 1990 | 30 | — | #3,567 | — |
| 1989 | 30 | — | #3,436 | — |
| 1988 | 43 | — | #2,508 | — |
| 1987 | 29 | — | #3,214 | — |
| 1986 | 31 | — | #3,013 | — |
| 1985 | 29 | — | #3,123 | — |
| 1984 | 27 | — | #3,186 | — |
| 1983 | 42 | — | #2,289 | — |
| 1982 | 45 | — | #2,232 | — |
| 1981 | 46 | — | #2,214 | — |
| 1980 | 52 | — | #2,029 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,695 | — |
| 1978 | 40 | — | #2,287 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,635 | — |
| 1976 | 38 | — | #2,225 | — |
| 1975 | 39 | — | #2,182 | — |
| 1974 | 38 | — | #2,154 | — |
| 1973 | 51 | — | #1,744 | — |
| 1972 | 59 | — | #1,572 | — |
| 1971 | 75 | — | #1,409 | — |
| 1970 | 90 | — | #1,243 | — |
| 1969 | 130 | — | #934 | — |
| 1968 | 119 | — | #950 | — |
| 1967 | 135 | — | #877 | — |
| 1966 | 118 | — | #934 | — |
| 1965 | 170 | — | #760 | — |
| 1964 | 217 | — | #704 | — |
| 1963 | 235 | — | #660 | — |
| 1962 | 278 | — | #599 | — |
| 1961 | 315 | — | #561 | — |
| 1960 | 291 | — | #579 | — |
| 1959 | 262 | — | #613 | — |
| 1958 | 332 | — | #531 | — |
| 1957 | 347 | — | #517 | #4,271 |
| 1956 | 350 | — | #500 | — |
| 1955 | 347 | — | #487 | — |
| 1954 | 393 | — | #447 | #4,102 |
| 1953 | 369 | — | #455 | #3,040 |
| 1952 | 374 | — | #444 | — |
| 1951 | 426 | — | #406 | #2,772 |
| 1950 | 370 | — | #419 | #3,510 |
| 1949 | 387 | — | #407 | — |
| 1948 | 433 | — | #384 | #3,939 |
| 1947 | 547 | — | #344 | #2,772 |
| 1946 | 490 | — | #342 | #2,342 |
| 1945 | 455 | — | #324 | #2,066 |
| 1944 | 453 | — | #323 | #2,388 |
| 1943 | 485 | — | #322 | #2,478 |
| 1942 | 397 | — | #351 | — |
| 1941 | 397 | — | #335 | #2,773 |
| 1940 | 370 | — | #341 | #1,850 |
| 1939 | 340 | — | #363 | #1,681 |
| 1938 | 283 | — | #411 | #1,781 |
| 1937 | 256 | — | #416 | #1,875 |
| 1936 | 217 | — | #468 | #1,259 |
| 1935 | 152 | — | #599 | #1,153 |
| 1934 | 142 | — | #673 | #979 |
| 1933 | 102 | — | #824 | #1,098 |
| 1932 | 118 | — | #961 | #805 |
| 1931 | 97 | — | #1,005 | #950 |
| 1930 | 63 | — | #1,306 | #1,355 |
| 1929 | 28 | — | #2,250 | #2,263 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | #1,653 | #3,236 |
| 1927 | 37 | — | #1,701 | #2,469 |
| 1926 | 46 | — | #1,233 | #3,960 |
| 1925 | 40 | — | #1,358 | #4,579 |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,629 | — |
| 1923 | 36 | — | #1,315 | — |
| 1922 | 41 | — | #1,522 | #2,717 |
| 1921 | 34 | — | #1,387 | — |
| 1920 | 32 | — | #1,681 | #3,656 |
| 1919 | 34 | — | #1,338 | — |
| 1918 | 22 | — | #1,780 | — |
| 1917 | 18 | — | #1,960 | — |
| 1916 | 27 | — | #1,423 | — |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #2,002 | — |
| 1914 | 15 | — | #1,782 | — |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #1,434 | — |
| 1912 | 20 | — | #1,196 | — |
| 1911 | 6 | — | #2,333 | — |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #2,285 | — |
| 1909 | 6 | — | #2,086 | — |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,691 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,570 | — |