Kacy

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
Given to girls 83.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 174 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,049
since 1956

Kacy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #941, 1987peak #1,505, 1975girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#7,67910
2024#5,96220#7,76510
2023#8,98911#6,89712
2022#6,98416#7,76810
2021#5,57322#8,1669
2020#5,66721—
2019#5,16325#9,7567
2018#4,88927#8,1549
2017#4,14735#9,6967
2016#3,77740—
2015#3,76740#12,0865
2014#3,58543#9,6427
2013#4,42232#8,7898
2012#3,78241#7,55910
2011#3,26750#10,8086
2010#3,30649—
2009#3,46047#8,9858
2008#3,15853#12,5535
2007#2,31183#8,1739
2006#2,37579#6,90411
2005#2,01493#4,63118
2004#1,90998#5,49214
2003#1,733109#6,25811
2002#1,89793#9,3926
2001#2,30469#6,01311
2000#1,90089#5,58812
1999#1,67898#5,31712
1998#1,77488#3,48621
1997#1,68293#2,98125
1996#1,238141#2,91125
1995#1,214141#3,19121
1994#1,217144#3,10922
1993#1,318127#2,78625
1992#1,034180#2,08537
1991#1,033178#2,40629
1990#957196#2,55326
1989#982176#2,46926
1988#999164#2,14629
1987#941174#2,05729
1986#984160#2,60120
1985#976157#2,07127
1984#1,004143#2,03626
1983#959152#2,20823
1982#988149#2,20723
1981#1,050136#1,99627
1980#1,034138#2,28422
1979#964150#1,99126
1978#1,078122#2,06823
1977#1,57668#2,13122
1976#1,55165#2,05423
1975#1,45970#1,50535
1974#1,76051#1,69228
1973#1,77349#1,54831
1972#1,89044#3,3449
1971#2,37532#2,27917
1970#2,45030#3,2829
1969#2,58526#1,81021
1968#3,61014#2,03016
1967#3,48414—
1966#2,93718#2,32712
1965#4,20210—
1964—#3,6016
1963—#4,0485
1962#3,78212#4,0335
1961#4,8828—
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First appearance
1956

The first year at least five girls were named Kacy! It came in at #4,161, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kacy is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMNIllinois: #879 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,189 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMINew York: #1,614 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 19,009 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedIAIndiana: #551 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,846 girlsINOhio: #724 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,625 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,591 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 19,037 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNEMissouri: #663 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,334 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #685 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,390 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,481 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedLAMississippi: #395 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,244 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedALGeorgia: #609 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,015 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedHITexas: #822 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,127 girlsTXFlorida: #863 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#395 · 1 in 2,244
  2. Oklahoma#508 · 1 in 3,481
  3. Indiana#551 · 1 in 4,846
  4. Georgia#609 · 1 in 5,015
  5. Missouri#663 · 1 in 6,334

Best ever in a state: #215 in Montana, 1982.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#39561 in 2,244
Oklahoma#50851 in 3,481
Indiana#55171 in 4,846
Georgia#60981 in 5,015
Missouri#66351 in 6,334
North Carolina#68561 in 6,390
Ohio#72491 in 7,625
Texas#822181 in 7,127
Florida#86391 in 8,102
Illinois#87991 in 8,189
California#1,591121 in 19,037
New York#1,61461 in 19,009
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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 Kacy
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,400 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #8,362)
  • 2,695 spots since 2020 (#5,667 → #8,362)
  • 4,595 spots since 2015 (#3,767 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1979 (#1,078 → #964)
  • Biggest drop: 76 spots in 1991 (#957 → #1,033)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1956
  • Peaked 1987 at #941 (174 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1985–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,686
  • Highest: 1 in 9,686 girls born in 1990 were named Kacy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #941 in 1987, was only 1 in 9,992 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Kacy (1,549) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s34#3,930 (1957)#4,411
1960s102#2,585 (1969)#3,640
1970s681#964 (1979)#1,688
1980s1,549#941 (1987)#992
1990s1,386#957 (1990)#1,315
2000s813#1,733 (2003)#2,306
2010s382#3,267 (2011)#4,011
2020s102#5,573 (2021)#6,923

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.

Kacy in 1988

girls
#999
164 births · 1 in 10,859 girls
boys
#2,146
29 births · 1 in 66,010 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #999Kacy164

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #2,146Kacy29
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 10,859 of them was named Kacy, which outranked 92.8% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kacy
  1. #996Brittnie165
  2. #996Eric165
  3. #996Kaitlynn165
  4. #999Kacy164
  5. #999Corinna164
  6. #999Flor164
  7. #999Jonathan164
  8. #1,003Chana163
  9. #1,003Francine163
  10. #1,003Maricruz163

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 66,010 of them was named Kacy, which outranked 74.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kacy
  1. #2,090Wylie30
  2. #2,090Yuri30
  3. #2,090Zaid30
  4. #2,146Kacy29
  5. #2,146Alicia29
  6. #2,146Ankur29
  7. #2,146Baxter29
  8. #2,197Ammar28
  9. #2,197Andrae28
  10. #2,197Anna28

Tied with 50 names at #2,146; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988 →