KAY is ranked as the 313th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 220,046.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 69.01 people named KAY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 84% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KAY is 76,809.
The SSA data also shows that KAY is used as a girl's name 97% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KAY is
80.2% White,
2.8% Hispanic origin,
12.4% Black,
2.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KAY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KAY is included in the following name categories:
South Korean surname
US unisex baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KAY
The state with the most people named
KAY is
Texas where
24,499 people have this name.
South Dakota is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KAY, as
126.45 in every 100,000
South Dakotans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
South Dakota is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
New Jersey
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
6,578
51.07
99.3%
Indiana
4,830
73.22
99.1%
Iowa
3,890
125.21
99.3%
Kansas
3,101
106.79
98.7%
Michigan
7,359
74.26
99.6%
Minnesota
5,117
93.76
99.4%
Missouri
2,480
82.82
98.7%
Nebraska
2,142
113.84
98.3%
North Dakota
643
87
95.0%
Ohio
7,714
66.54
99.3%
South Dakota
1,079
126.45
96.8%
Wisconsin
6,533
113.47
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name KAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
589
79.99
94.8%
Arizona
4,806
71.39
98.9%
California
19,472
50.18
99.7%
Colorado
3,863
72.12
98.9%
Hawaii
1,023
72.1
98.6%
Idaho
1,647
100.79
98.1%
Montana
1,028
100.4
96.8%
Nevada
1,614
56.85
98.1%
New Mexico
1,389
66.59
97.4%
Oregon
3,193
80.42
98.8%
Utah
2,592
88.08
98.5%
Washington
6,137
86.9
99.5%
Wyoming
643
110.15
95.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KAY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KAY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KAY.
The most popular full name is KAY Smith.
0.92% of all the people named KAY
have this family name.
There are 19503 last
names associated with this first name.