Kayce
#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births · #375 for boys in 2025, 843 births
Given to boys 50.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 843 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,316since 1989
Kayce 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 | #2,173 | 85 | #375 | 843 |
| 2024 | #2,134 | 89 | #419 | 760 |
| 2023 | #2,789 | 61 | #460 | 666 |
| 2022 | #3,073 | 53 | #587 | 488 |
| 2021 | #3,215 | 50 | #1,076 | 197 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #1,778 | 85 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | #2,656 | 48 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | #4,224 | 24 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | #4,407 | 22 |
| 2014 | #4,350 | 33 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #4,807 | 29 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #4,397 | 33 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #3,677 | 43 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #3,983 | 39 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #3,316 | 49 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #3,052 | 52 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,014 | 48 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #2,635 | 57 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #2,332 | 66 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,153 | 70 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,620 | 100 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #1,696 | 92 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,890 | 75 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,854 | 77 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,507 | 104 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,479 | 105 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #1,461 | 100 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 97 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,209 | 119 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,616 | 68 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,522 | 74 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,786 | 61 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,897 | 55 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,232 | 37 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,396 | 32 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kayce! It came in at #6,229, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991–1996, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kayce is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nebraska#428 · 1 in 1,778
- Utah#460 · 1 in 2,133
- Missouri#468 · 1 in 2,379
- Mississippi#540 · 1 in 2,397
- Alabama#547 · 1 in 2,752
Best ever in a state: #128 in South Dakota, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #428 | 5 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Utah | #460 | 9 | 1 in 2,133 |
| Missouri | #468 | 12 | 1 in 2,379 |
| Mississippi | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,397 |
| Alabama | #547 | 8 | 1 in 2,752 |
| Louisiana | #581 | 8 | 1 in 2,717 |
| Virginia | #665 | 10 | 1 in 3,911 |
| Illinois | #822 | 10 | 1 in 5,391 |
| Washington | #973 | 5 | 1 in 6,680 |
| Michigan | #1,005 | 6 | 1 in 7,161 |
| Texas | #1,010 | 21 | 1 in 8,149 |
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| North Carolina | #1,119 | 6 | 1 in 8,506 |
| Florida | #1,226 | 9 | 1 in 10,306 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,253 | 5 | 1 in 11,091 |
| Georgia | #1,301 | 5 | 1 in 10,074 |
| New York | #1,801 | 5 | 1 in 17,826 |
| California | #1,840 | 8 | 1 in 23,672 |
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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 Kayce
- 44 spots since 2024 (#419 → #375)
- 1,403 spots since 2020 (#1,778 → #375)
- 4,032 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #375)
- Biggest jump: 489 spots in 2022 (#1,076 → #587)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2025 at #375 (843 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,026 boys born in 2025 were named Kayce (0.05%)
- 91.6% of all boys named Kayce (3,039) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7 | #6,229 (1989) | #6,229 |
| 1990s | 26 | #6,415 (1990) | #7,423 |
| 2000s | 52 | #7,094 (2007) | #9,121 |
| 2010s | 192 | #2,656 (2019) | #5,746 |
| 2020s | 3,039 | #375 (2025) | #783 |
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.
Kayce in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 32,817 of them was named Kayce, which outranked 81.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,157Wylie51
- #3,157Wynona51
- #3,157Xylah51
- #3,215Kayce50
- #3,215Ameliah50
- #3,215Ameya50
- #3,215Anaiyah50
- #3,250Aaryn49
- #3,250Aleiah49
- #3,250Aleina49
Tied with 34 names at #3,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 8,881 of them was named Kayce, which outranked 92.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,071Shai199
- #1,071Slade199
- #1,075Dayton198
- #1,076Kayce197
- #1,076Ash197
- #1,076Maxim197
- #1,076Westyn197
- #1,081Achilles196
- #1,081Bentlee196
- #1,081Darwin196
Tied with 4 names at #1,076; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.