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
- 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
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 | ||
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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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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#578 · 1 in 3,414
- Massachusetts#611 · 1 in 3,469
- Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,941
- Pennsylvania#853 · 1 in 5,613
- Maryland#909 · 1 in 5,136
Best ever in a state: #185 in Idaho, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #578 | 6 | 1 in 3,414 |
| Massachusetts | #611 | 8 | 1 in 3,469 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,941 |
| Pennsylvania | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,613 |
| Maryland | #909 | 5 | 1 in 5,136 |
| New York | #1,017 | 15 | 1 in 6,516 |
| Indiana | #1,034 | 5 | 1 in 6,628 |
| Texas | #1,149 | 22 | 1 in 7,689 |
| Florida | #1,194 | 11 | 1 in 8,116 |
| Arizona | #1,235 | 5 | 1 in 7,593 |
| Ohio | #1,257 | 6 | 1 in 9,560 |
| North Carolina | #1,377 | 5 | 1 in 9,622 |
| California | #1,831 | 14 | 1 in 16,875 |
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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.
See more about Kacey
- 22 spots since 2024 (#1,095 → #1,117)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#1,231 → #1,117)
- 190 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #1,117)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 1978 (#1,042 → #784)
- Biggest drop: 255 spots in 1976 (#917 → #1,172)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1991 at #577 (402 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1978–2001
- 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%)
- 26.4% of all girls named Kacey (3,158) were born in this decade
- 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.
Kacey in 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 10,506 of them was named Kacey, which outranked 93.6% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,322Kendyl184
- #1,322Marcella184
- #1,322Xochitl184
- #1,326Kacey183
- #1,326Elana183
- #1,326Estefania183
- #1,326Jaci183
- #1,332Alexys182
- #1,332Anissa182
- #1,332Charlene182
Tied with 5 names at #1,326; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 45,118 of them was named Kacey, which outranked 81.6% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,602Zaki47
- #2,602Zyair47
- #2,602Zyler47
- #2,643Kacey46
- #2,643Alpha46
- #2,643Amaree46
- #2,643Braelyn46
- #2,684Amador45
- #2,684Anden45
- #2,684Augustin45
Tied with 40 names at #2,643; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.