Spellings

Skye or Sky?

In the US in 2025, 56% of babies in this name family were spelled Skye and 37% Sky. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Ten years ago

Skye already led in 2015, with 63% of the family's births; it has 62% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,352 to 918 births (−32%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Skye856569−34%
Sky367272−26%
Skai5766+16%
Skyy7211−85%

How they sound

  • Skye /ˈskaɪ/ (SKY)
  • Sky /skaɪ/ (SKY)
  • Skai /ˈskaɪ/ (SKY)
  • Skyy /ˈskaɪ/ (SKY)

In France

In France in 2025: Skye 5 births and Sky 10 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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