Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kyi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 168
- 135 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −57%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2017. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 618 as a first name in 2020; 1,069 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kyi’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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