Kacey
- #1,117 for girls in 2025, 211 births
- #1,154 for boys in 2025, 182 births
- Given to girls 78.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 402 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,961since 1952
Kacey over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,117 | 211 | #1,154 | 182 |
| 2024 | #1,095 | 225 | #1,042 | 213 |
| 2023 | #1,229 | 191 | #1,040 | 210 |
| 2022 | #1,190 | 202 | #1,078 | 202 |
| 2021 | #1,169 | 209 | #996 | 220 |
| 2020 | #1,231 | 185 | #1,177 | 163 |
| 2019 | #1,326 | 172 | #2,020 | 72 |
| 2018 | #1,532 | 142 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2017 | #1,505 | 147 | #2,951 | 40 |
| 2016 | #1,338 | 177 | #3,524 | 31 |
| 2015 | #1,307 | 182 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #1,306 | 182 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #1,689 | 124 | #3,265 | 33 |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #1,409 | 162 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #1,379 | 168 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #1,339 | 179 | #3,105 | 37 |
| 2008 | #1,242 | 202 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #1,326 | 183 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #1,080 | 235 | #2,698 | 43 |
| 2005 | #1,181 | 195 | #3,022 | 34 |
| 2004 | #1,078 | 213 | #2,569 | 42 |
| 2003 | #984 | 234 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #1,027 | 211 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #891 | 257 | #2,007 | 53 |
| 2000 | #843 | 263 | #1,699 | 67 |
| 1999 | #772 | 286 | #1,531 | 73 |
| 1998 | #646 | 357 | #1,488 | 74 |
| 1997 | #773 | 271 | #1,386 | 79 |
| 1996 | #710 | 298 | #1,552 | 64 |
| 1995 | #734 | 279 | #1,666 | 54 |
| 1994 | #738 | 281 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #702 | 305 | #1,680 | 52 |
| 1992 | #662 | 336 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | #577 | 402 | #1,452 | 61 |
| 1990 | #650 | 343 | #1,395 | 64 |
| 1989 | #633 | 331 | #1,590 | 50 |
| 1988 | #628 | 316 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #601 | 324 | #1,612 | 43 |
| 1986 | #608 | 316 | #1,535 | 43 |
| 1985 | #765 | 223 | #1,524 | 43 |
| 1984 | #747 | 218 | #1,723 | 33 |
| 1983 | #630 | 274 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #706 | 249 | #1,774 | 32 |
| 1981 | #809 | 197 | #1,899 | 29 |
| 1980 | #814 | 197 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #829 | 188 | #1,352 | 47 |
| 1978 | #784 | 194 | #1,652 | 33 |
| 1977 | #1,042 | 127 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #917 | 141 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #1,151 | 100 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,329 | 76 | #2,216 | 18 |
| 1972 | #1,749 | 50 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,212 | 36 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,577 | 28 | #2,509 | 14 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 | — | |
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| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | — | |
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| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Kacey! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1957, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kacey is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#514 · 1 in 1,780
- Alabama#633 · 1 in 2,617
- Michigan#735 · 1 in 3,573
- Georgia#748 · 1 in 3,478
- Colorado#789 · 1 in 3,888
Best ever in a state: #185 in Idaho, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #514 | 5 | 1 in 1,780 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Michigan | #735 | 10 | 1 in 3,573 |
| Georgia | #748 | 13 | 1 in 3,478 |
| Colorado | #789 | 6 | 1 in 3,888 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Tennessee | #888 | 7 | 1 in 4,582 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Washington | #915 | 6 | 1 in 4,810 |
| Texas | #949 | 30 | 1 in 5,351 |
| Virginia | #1,037 | 6 | 1 in 5,624 |
| California | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,351 |
| New York | #1,235 | 11 | 1 in 7,121 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,392 | 5 | 1 in 9,338 |
| Florida | #1,436 | 9 | 1 in 9,640 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 22 spots since 2024 (#1,095 → #1,117)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#1,231 → #1,117)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1978
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1976
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1991 at #577 (402 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1978–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,664
- Highest: 1 in 4,664 girls born in 1991 were named Kacey (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,617 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 26.4% of all girls named Kacey (3,158) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 28 | #4,193 (1958) | #5,036 |
| 1960s | 106 | #2,454 (1969) | #4,098 |
| 1970s | 1,037 | #784 (1978) | #1,376 |
| 1980s | 2,645 | #601 (1987) | #694 |
| 1990s | 3,158 | #577 (1991) | #696 |
| 2000s | 2,172 | #843 (2000) | #1,099 |
| 2010s | 1,592 | #1,306 (2014) | #1,438 |
| 2020s | 1,223 | #1,095 (2024) | #1,172 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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