Casey

Where Casey comes from

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Casey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Casey through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #917 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Casey Affleck born
    American actor
  3. 1985
    Casey Stoner born
    Australian former motorcycle racer
  4. 1987
    Peak, #80
    3,928 babies named Casey, its best rank.
  5. 1999
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  6. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #193.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • A placename:
  • A minor city in Adair County and Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.
  • A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  • Ellipsis of Casey County.
Namesakes
  • Casey Affleck · American actor, born 1975
  • Casey Stoner · Australian former motorcycle racer, born 1985
  • Casey Dellacqua · Australian tennis player, born 1985
  • Casey Neistat · American YouTube personality, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born 1981
  • Casey Stoney · English association football player, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.