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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,001 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,412 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: #753 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,035 girlsINOhio: #707 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,089 girlsOHPennsylvania: #775 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,066 girlsPANew Jersey: #846 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,994 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,781 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 21,870 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedUTColorado: #522 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,462 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMOKentucky: #393 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,034 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedWVVirginia: #564 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,723 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedDEArizona: #546 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,283 girlsAZNew 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: #415 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #866 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,173 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,909 girlsOKLouisiana: #458 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,820 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedMSAlabama: #461 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,211 girlsALGeorgia: #663 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,333 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kacy, so not publishedHITexas: #1,007 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,172 girlsTXFlorida: #767 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,594 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#393 · 1 in 3,034
  2. Tennessee#415 · 1 in 3,019
  3. Oklahoma#452 · 1 in 2,909
  4. Louisiana#458 · 1 in 2,820
  5. Alabama#461 · 1 in 3,211

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#39371 in 3,034
Tennessee#415101 in 3,019
Oklahoma#45261 in 2,909
Louisiana#45891 in 2,820
Alabama#46171 in 3,211
Colorado#52261 in 3,462
Arizona#54681 in 3,283
Virginia#56481 in 4,723
Georgia#66381 in 5,333
Ohio#707101 in 7,089
Indiana#75351 in 7,035
Florida#767121 in 6,594
Pennsylvania#77591 in 8,066
New Jersey#84661 in 7,994
North Carolina#86651 in 8,173
Michigan#1,00161 in 10,412
Texas#1,007151 in 9,172
California#1,781121 in 21,870
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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 1990

girls
#957
196 births · 1 in 9,686 girls
boys
#2,553
26 births · 1 in 79,001 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #957Kacy196

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #2,553Kacy26
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 9,686 of them was named Kacy, which outranked 93.7% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kacy
  1. #950Vicky198
  2. #955Laken197
  3. #955Lee197
  4. #957Kacy196
  5. #957Dena196
  6. #957Kristan196
  7. #957Mariel196
  8. #962Cari195
  9. #962Haleigh195
  10. #962Jeanne195

Tied with 4 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 79,001 of them was named Kacy, which outranked 73.1% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kacy
  1. #2,488Varun27
  2. #2,488Warner27
  3. #2,488Willem27
  4. #2,553Kacy26
  5. #2,553Adams26
  6. #2,553Amilcar26
  7. #2,553Anthoni26
  8. #2,628Abe25
  9. #2,628Abrahan25
  10. #2,628Ashwin25

Tied with 74 names at #2,553; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →