Casey
#1,065 for girls in 2025, 228 births · #320 for boys in 2025, 1,072 births
Given to boys 59.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 3,928 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 116,675since 1888
Casey over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,065 | 228 | #320 | 1,072 |
| 2024 | #1,052 | 237 | #310 | 1,099 |
| 2023 | #1,047 | 240 | #316 | 1,056 |
| 2022 | #949 | 286 | #336 | 1,007 |
| 2021 | #1,016 | 251 | #447 | 686 |
| 2020 | #1,063 | 233 | #517 | 554 |
| 2019 | #899 | 296 | #529 | 540 |
| 2018 | #915 | 293 | #584 | 470 |
| 2017 | #913 | 293 | #524 | 546 |
| 2016 | #856 | 329 | #559 | 514 |
| 2015 | #818 | 343 | #555 | 517 |
| 2014 | #794 | 353 | #533 | 523 |
| 2013 | #725 | 378 | #491 | 559 |
| 2012 | #773 | 355 | #483 | 558 |
| 2011 | #620 | 467 | #423 | 649 |
| 2010 | #609 | 484 | #398 | 706 |
| 2009 | #529 | 571 | #366 | 829 |
| 2008 | #468 | 679 | #336 | 976 |
| 2007 | #463 | 696 | #324 | 985 |
| 2006 | #413 | 770 | #308 | 1,070 |
| 2005 | #408 | 770 | #298 | 1,101 |
| 2004 | #381 | 817 | #261 | 1,271 |
| 2003 | #313 | 987 | #263 | 1,253 |
| 2002 | #302 | 1,031 | #241 | 1,399 |
| 2001 | #249 | 1,283 | #221 | 1,555 |
| 2000 | #208 | 1,517 | #193 | 1,822 |
| 1999 | #175 | 1,802 | #171 | 2,044 |
| 1998 | #150 | 2,103 | #170 | 1,975 |
| 1997 | #146 | 2,195 | #163 | 2,099 |
| 1996 | #121 | 2,551 | #142 | 2,464 |
| 1995 | #118 | 2,638 | #135 | 2,629 |
| 1994 | #118 | 2,691 | #116 | 3,046 |
| 1993 | #129 | 2,581 | #112 | 3,180 |
| 1992 | #109 | 3,007 | #105 | 3,575 |
| 1991 | #111 | 3,072 | #90 | 4,107 |
| 1990 | #106 | 3,261 | #89 | 4,134 |
| 1989 | #103 | 3,079 | #90 | 3,850 |
| 1988 | #92 | 3,150 | #83 | 4,039 |
| 1987 | #81 | 3,582 | #80 | 3,928 |
| 1986 | #80 | 3,423 | #83 | 3,762 |
| 1985 | #114 | 2,478 | #86 | 3,490 |
| 1984 | #107 | 2,582 | #82 | 3,511 |
| 1983 | #110 | 2,555 | #90 | 3,228 |
| 1982 | #119 | 2,477 | #86 | 3,427 |
| 1981 | #122 | 2,420 | #85 | 3,518 |
| 1980 | #135 | 2,172 | #93 | 3,215 |
| 1979 | #144 | 1,957 | #93 | 3,082 |
| 1978 | #174 | 1,532 | #92 | 3,003 |
| 1977 | #260 | 949 | #102 | 2,597 |
| 1976 | #282 | 811 | #123 | 2,126 |
| 1975 | #283 | 855 | #130 | 1,960 |
| 1974 | #290 | 823 | #144 | 1,728 |
| 1973 | #347 | 619 | #183 | 1,277 |
| 1972 | #387 | 542 | #195 | 1,190 |
| 1971 | #562 | 316 | #209 | 1,125 |
| 1970 | #662 | 242 | #256 | 899 |
| 1969 | #733 | 190 | #288 | 677 |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | #325 | 551 |
| 1967 | #951 | 114 | #336 | 503 |
| 1966 | #1,063 | 97 | #312 | 563 |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | #368 | 442 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #400 | 394 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | #419 | 370 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #343 | 516 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | #418 | 360 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 | #430 | 347 |
| 1959 | #1,149 | 86 | #398 | 398 |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | #403 | 374 |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | #406 | 368 |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 | #405 | 352 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #423 | 298 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #472 | 236 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | #532 | 179 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | #520 | 180 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #546 | 154 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #642 | 117 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #637 | 115 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #713 | 88 |
| 1947 | — | #805 | 73 | |
| 1946 | — | #878 | 56 | |
| 1945 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #935 | 47 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #876 | 56 |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,168 | 32 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,058 | 45 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #898 | 55 | |
| 1918 | — | #824 | 63 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,078 | 38 | |
| 1916 | — | #939 | 46 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #758 | 48 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #677 | 19 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five boys were named Casey! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Casey is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#35 · 1 in 109
- North Dakota#39 · 1 in 123
- Idaho#43 · 1 in 139
- Utah#54 · 1 in 162
- Montana#56 · 1 in 186
Best ever in a state: #28 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #35 | 44 | 1 in 109 |
| North Dakota | #39 | 42 | 1 in 123 |
| Idaho | #43 | 49 | 1 in 139 |
| Utah | #54 | 102 | 1 in 162 |
| Montana | #56 | 28 | 1 in 186 |
| Alaska | #57 | 26 | 1 in 183 |
| Nevada | #57 | 27 | 1 in 236 |
| Oregon | #57 | 87 | 1 in 207 |
| Washington | #59 | 133 | 1 in 235 |
| Wyoming | #61 | 15 | 1 in 208 |
| Kansas | #62 | 68 | 1 in 254 |
| Oklahoma | #62 | 80 | 1 in 281 |
| Arkansas | #64 | 53 | 1 in 279 |
| Maine | #64 | 25 | 1 in 290 |
| New Hampshire | #67 | 23 | 1 in 303 |
| Vermont | #67 | 12 | 1 in 277 |
| Wisconsin | #69 | 107 | 1 in 310 |
| Nebraska | #70 | 39 | 1 in 285 |
| Minnesota | #71 | 86 | 1 in 357 |
| Alabama | #73 | 65 | 1 in 389 |
| Indiana | #73 | 101 | 1 in 366 |
| Louisiana | #73 | 96 | 1 in 355 |
| Iowa | #74 | 53 | 1 in 342 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 46 | 1 in 371 |
| West Virginia | #76 | 29 | 1 in 383 |
| Hawaii | #77 | 19 | 1 in 342 |
| New Mexico | #77 | 35 | 1 in 324 |
| Tennessee | #79 | 79 | 1 in 396 |
| Colorado | #80 | 59 | 1 in 427 |
| Florida | #82 | 162 | 1 in 472 |
| Missouri | #82 | 77 | 1 in 467 |
| Texas | #82 | 377 | 1 in 388 |
| Kentucky | #83 | 54 | 1 in 443 |
| Arizona | #89 | 63 | 1 in 432 |
| North Carolina | #89 | 83 | 1 in 493 |
| Georgia | #93 | 84 | 1 in 526 |
| Ohio | #95 | 123 | 1 in 614 |
| Delaware | #96 | 7 | 1 in 567 |
| South Carolina | #96 | 42 | 1 in 502 |
| Virginia | #99 | 56 | 1 in 675 |
| Michigan | #104 | 91 | 1 in 701 |
| Rhode Island | #104 | 8 | 1 in 747 |
| Pennsylvania | #105 | 101 | 1 in 764 |
| Massachusetts | #106 | 51 | 1 in 769 |
| California | #110 | 435 | 1 in 525 |
| Illinois | #113 | 108 | 1 in 739 |
| Connecticut | #116 | 25 | 1 in 813 |
| Maryland | #132 | 31 | 1 in 913 |
| New York | #148 | 117 | 1 in 1,044 |
| New Jersey | #171 | 36 | 1 in 1,322 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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 Casey
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 10 spots since 2024 (#310 → #320)
- 197 spots since 2020 (#517 → #320)
- 235 spots since 2015 (#555 → #320)
- Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #709)
- Biggest drop: 349 spots in 1895 (#730 → #1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1987 at #80 (3,928 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1978–1991
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1944–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 474
- Highest: 1 in 474 boys born in 1988 were named Casey (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,593 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- Its best rank, #80 in 1987, was only 1 in 475 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 30.8% of all boys named Casey (35,968) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 37 | #730 (1894) | #954 |
| 1900s | 89 | #679 (1909) | #856 |
| 1910s | 444 | #514 (1911) | #782 |
| 1920s | 347 | #1,045 (1920) | #1,246 |
| 1930s | 277 | #1,095 (1936) | #1,310 |
| 1940s | 571 | #637 (1949) | #947 |
| 1950s | 2,656 | #398 (1959) | #475 |
| 1960s | 4,723 | #288 (1969) | #364 |
| 1970s | 18,987 | #92 (1978) | #153 |
| 1980s | 35,968 | #80 (1987) | #86 |
| 1990s | 29,253 | #89 (1990) | #129 |
| 2000s | 12,261 | #193 (2000) | #281 |
| 2010s | 5,582 | #398 (2010) | #508 |
| 2020s | 5,474 | #310 (2024) | #374 |
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.
Casey in 1986
girls
#80
3,423 births · 1 in 501 girls
boys
#83
3,762 births · 1 in 490 boys
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 501 of them was named Casey, which outranked 99.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Casey
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 490 of them was named Casey, which outranked 98.9% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Casey
Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.