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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Massachusetts#273 · 1 in 1,472
- Oregon#312 · 1 in 1,312
- New Mexico#332 · 1 in 1,397
- Connecticut#353 · 1 in 2,014
- Alabama#418 · 1 in 2,100
Best ever in a state: #28 in Wyoming, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #273 | 20 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Oregon | #312 | 14 | 1 in 1,312 |
| New Mexico | #332 | 6 | 1 in 1,397 |
| Connecticut | #353 | 7 | 1 in 2,014 |
| Alabama | #418 | 11 | 1 in 2,100 |
| Missouri | #450 | 13 | 1 in 2,432 |
| Kansas | #451 | 7 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Washington | #457 | 16 | 1 in 2,315 |
| Illinois | #463 | 24 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Pennsylvania | #470 | 20 | 1 in 2,961 |
| Tennessee | #475 | 14 | 1 in 2,586 |
| Wisconsin | #483 | 10 | 1 in 2,692 |
| South Carolina | #519 | 7 | 1 in 3,029 |
| Arizona | #520 | 12 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Ohio | #523 | 18 | 1 in 3,296 |
| California | #527 | 62 | 1 in 3,608 |
| New York | #534 | 30 | 1 in 3,333 |
| Colorado | #549 | 9 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Minnesota | #549 | 9 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Maryland | #554 | 8 | 1 in 3,445 |
| Texas | #574 | 49 | 1 in 3,780 |
| Kentucky | #578 | 6 | 1 in 3,635 |
| Louisiana | #592 | 8 | 1 in 3,070 |
| Michigan | #593 | 13 | 1 in 3,673 |
| Georgia | #614 | 14 | 1 in 3,841 |
| Indiana | #620 | 9 | 1 in 3,952 |
| Virginia | #620 | 10 | 1 in 4,161 |
| Oklahoma | #642 | 6 | 1 in 3,378 |
| North Carolina | #643 | 12 | 1 in 4,331 |
| New Jersey | #663 | 9 | 1 in 4,614 |
| Florida | #789 | 16 | 1 in 6,121 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1987 at #80 (3,928 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1978–1991
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1944–2025
- 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
- 30.8% of all boys named Casey (35,968) were born in this decade
- 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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 5,386 of them was named Casey, which outranked 95.5% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 3,692 of them was named Casey, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.