Case

#733 for boys in 2025, 359 births

Peak · boys
2014 · 623 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,926
since 1959

Case over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Case has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #468, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#733359
2024#722364
2023#715372
2022#650426
2021#629438
2020#576482
2019#544517
2018#508560
2017#601442
2016#554518
2015#542527
2014#468623
2013#507531
2012#505527
2011#671352
2010#708329
2009#854250
2008#966207
2007#940211
2006#948196
2005#1,116147
2004#1,132139
2003#1,233117
2002#1,090136
2001#1,35794
2000#1,42986
1999#1,31192
1998#1,47575
1997#1,43875
1996#1,55264
1995#1,84147
1994#2,04140
1993#2,12337
1992#2,12836
1991#2,46928
1990#1,96838
1989#1,95337
1988#1,87935
1987#1,79336
1986#1,72536
1985#1,86631
1984#1,84230
1983#2,27222
1982#2,34121
1981#2,89815
1980#2,83116
1979#3,35712
1978#3,07013
1977#4,1648
1976#2,50817
1975#3,24611
1974#2,67414
1973#3,6948
1972#3,15210
1971#2,46415
1970#4,2306
1969#3,5957
1968#3,3657
1967#3,9665
1966—
1965#3,9305
1964#3,6016
1963—
1962#4,0335
1961#3,6526
1960#4,0385
1959#3,9885
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five boys were named Case! It came in at #3,988, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Case is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #307 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,316 boysMNIllinois: #1,031 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,806 boysILWisconsin: #776 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,789 boysWIMichigan: #557 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 3,051 boysMINew York: #1,540 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,608 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 667 boysSDIowa: #402 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,697 boysIAIndiana: #474 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,319 boysINOhio: #301 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,397 boysOHPennsylvania: #517 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,176 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,373 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 14,586 boysCAUtah: #547 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,755 boysUTColorado: #715 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,184 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNEMissouri: #459 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,375 boysMOKentucky: #309 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,309 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 870 boysWVVirginia: #559 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,222 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedDEArizona: #716 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,566 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedNMKansas: #447 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,960 boysKSArkansas: #282 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,063 boysARTennessee: #450 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,272 boysTNNorth Carolina: #754 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,894 boysNCSouth Carolina: #433 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,001 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #288 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,109 boysOKLouisiana: #335 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,348 boysLAMississippi: #452 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,019 boysMSAlabama: #352 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,555 boysALGeorgia: #554 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,957 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Case, so not publishedHITexas: #374 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 1,820 boysTXFlorida: #684 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 4,511 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#220 · 1 in 667
  2. West Virginia#254 · 1 in 870
  3. Arkansas#282 · 1 in 1,063
  4. Oklahoma#288 · 1 in 1,109
  5. Ohio#301 · 1 in 1,397

Best ever in a state: #138 in Wyoming, 2016.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#22051 in 667
West Virginia#25481 in 870
Arkansas#282121 in 1,063
Oklahoma#288161 in 1,109
Ohio#301391 in 1,397
Minnesota#307191 in 1,316
Kentucky#309151 in 1,309
Louisiana#335161 in 1,348
Alabama#352141 in 1,555
Texas#374931 in 1,820
Iowa#40281 in 1,697
South Carolina#433101 in 2,001
Kansas#44771 in 1,960
Tennessee#450151 in 2,272
Mississippi#45261 in 2,019
Missouri#459121 in 2,375
Indiana#474141 in 2,319
Pennsylvania#517171 in 3,176
Utah#54771 in 2,755
Georgia#554171 in 2,957
Michigan#557141 in 3,051
Virginia#559121 in 3,222
Florida#684201 in 4,511
Colorado#71561 in 4,184
Arizona#71671 in 4,566
North Carolina#754101 in 4,894
Wisconsin#77651 in 4,789
Illinois#1,03171 in 7,806
California#1,373131 in 14,586
New York#1,54061 in 14,608
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Case
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#722 → #733)
  • 157 spots since 2020 (#576 → #733)
  • 191 spots since 2015 (#542 → #733)
  • Biggest jump: 168 spots in 2006 (#1,116 → #948)
  • Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2015 (#468 → #542)
Rise & fade · boys
55 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 2014 at #468 (623 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,083
  • Highest: 1 in 3,083 boys born in 2014 were named Case (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,758 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 49.6% of all boys named Case (4,926) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,988 (1959)#3,988
1960s46#3,365 (1968)#3,773
1970s114#2,464 (1971)#3,256
1980s279#1,725 (1986)#2,140
1990s532#1,311 (1999)#1,835
2000s1,583#854 (2009)#1,107
2010s4,926#468 (2014)#561
2020s2,441#576 (2020)#671

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Case in 2020

boys
#576
482 births · 1 in 3,581 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #576Case482
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 3,581 of them was named Case, which outranked 95.9% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Case
  1. #572Yusuf487
  2. #574Zain485
  3. #575Saul484
  4. #576Case482
  5. #576Rodrigo482
  6. #578Hezekiah479
  7. #578Jaziel479
  8. #578Sutton479

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2020 →