Skai
Skai was the 2642nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2083rd with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 380 places. More babies were named Skai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,642 girls, up 67 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 66girls
- Girls and boys
- 91% girls, 9% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202192 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,138babies recorded
Skai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,642 | #10,527 | 66 | 7 |
| 2020 | #2,709 | #8,629 | 62 | 9 |
| 2010 | #13,308 | — | 8 | — |
| 2000 | #12,953 | — | 7 | — |
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How popular is Skai, counting every spelling?
Skai has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Skai?
66 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Skai (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Skai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 127 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Skai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Skai?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Skai are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Skai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Skai by state
How common Skai was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.6×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Skai
How popular is the name Skai?
Skai was the 2642nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 66 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2083rd with 92 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 380 places. More babies were named Skai in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Skai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 91% girls, 9% boys given the name Skai in the US.
Where is Skai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Skai was most common in Louisiana (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.