Kayce

#2,173 for girls in 2025, 85 births · #375 for boys in 2025, 843 births
Given to boys 50.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 843 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,316
since 1989

Kayce over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #1,209, 1987girlsboysat peak
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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#2,17385#375843
2024#2,13489#419760
2023#2,78961#460666
2022#3,07353#587488
2021#3,21550#1,076197
2020#5,00325#1,77885
2019#4,34332#2,65648
2018#4,56230#3,99326
2017#5,51723#4,22424
2016#5,44524#5,12418
2015#4,72529#4,40722
2014#4,35033#5,99714
2013#4,75529#6,24113
2012#5,11427#7,05011
2011#4,80729#8,0799
2010#4,39733#9,6937
2009#3,67743#10,9946
2008#4,08938#9,0198
2007#3,98339#7,09411
2006#3,31649#9,5857
2005#3,05252—
2004#3,03351#8,1438
2003#3,04349—
2002#3,01448#8,4567
2001#2,63557#10,5565
2000#2,33266—
1999#2,15370—
1998#1,620100#7,5607
1997#1,69692#7,2817
1996#1,99470—
1995#2,18961—
1994#1,89075—
1993#1,85477—
1992#1,507104#8,4355
1991#1,428112—
1990#1,479105#6,4157
1989#1,461100#6,2297
1988#1,42797—
1987#1,209119—
1986#1,32799—
1985#1,63272—
1984#1,61668—
1983#1,52274—
1982#1,78661—
1981#1,67468—
1980#1,76662—
1979#1,89755—
1978#2,09245—
1977#2,55733—
1976#2,33435—
1975#2,23237—
1974#2,39632—
1973#2,75325—
1972#2,52328—
1971#4,12314—
1970#4,76111—
1969#4,41811—
1968#3,61014—
1967#6,8045—
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1965#5,2897—
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First appearance
1989

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 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedAKMaine: #234 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 769 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedNHWashington: #271 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,215 boysWAIdaho: #332 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,233 boysIDMontana: #227 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 753 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #392 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,750 boysMNIllinois: #433 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,982 boysILWisconsin: #306 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,302 boysWIMichigan: #339 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,546 boysMINew York: #601 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 3,377 boysNYMassachusetts: #620 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,860 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedRIOregon: #263 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 941 boysORNevada: #516 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,259 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedSDIowa: #257 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 922 boysIAIndiana: #325 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,377 boysINOhio: #380 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,811 boysOHPennsylvania: #304 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,412 boysPANew Jersey: #543 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,059 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #500 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 2,830 boysCAUtah: #351 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,513 boysUTColorado: #420 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,918 boysCONebraska: #228 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 802 boysNEMissouri: #207 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 818 boysMOKentucky: #305 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,208 boysKYWest Virginia: #147 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 474 boysWVVirginia: #365 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,693 boysVAMaryland: #571 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,862 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedDEArizona: #357 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,558 boysAZNew Mexico: #236 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 813 boysNMKansas: #352 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,405 boysKSArkansas: #305 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,144 boysARTennessee: #410 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,935 boysTNNorth Carolina: #398 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,838 boysNCSouth Carolina: #298 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,178 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #464 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,965 boysOKLouisiana: #278 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,063 boysLAMississippi: #215 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 774 boysMSAlabama: #315 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,266 boysALGeorgia: #315 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,288 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kayce, so not publishedHITexas: #430 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 2,244 boysTXFlorida: #508 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 2,730 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. West Virginia#147 · 1 in 474
  2. Missouri#207 · 1 in 818
  3. Mississippi#215 · 1 in 774
  4. Montana#227 · 1 in 753
  5. Nebraska#228 · 1 in 802

Best ever in a state: #128 in South Dakota, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#147131 in 474
Missouri#207341 in 818
Mississippi#215141 in 774
Montana#22751 in 753
Nebraska#228111 in 802
Maine#23451 in 769
New Mexico#23681 in 813
Iowa#257151 in 922
Oregon#263161 in 941
Washington#271271 in 1,215
Louisiana#278181 in 1,063
South Carolina#298181 in 1,178
Pennsylvania#304371 in 1,412
Arkansas#305111 in 1,144
Kentucky#305171 in 1,208
Wisconsin#306181 in 1,302
Alabama#315171 in 1,266
Georgia#315391 in 1,288
Indiana#325231 in 1,377
Idaho#33271 in 1,233
Michigan#339261 in 1,546
Utah#351131 in 1,513
Kansas#352101 in 1,405
Arizona#357211 in 1,558
Virginia#365221 in 1,693
Ohio#380291 in 1,811
Minnesota#392141 in 1,750
North Carolina#398281 in 1,838
Tennessee#410191 in 1,935
Colorado#420141 in 1,918
Texas#430781 in 2,244
Illinois#433251 in 1,982
Oklahoma#46491 in 1,965
California#500621 in 2,830
Florida#508351 in 2,730
Nevada#51651 in 2,259
New Jersey#543131 in 3,059
Maryland#57181 in 2,862
New York#601251 in 3,377
Massachusetts#62071 in 3,860
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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
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2025 at #375 (843 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,026
  • Highest: 1 in 2,026 boys born in 2025 were named Kayce (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 91.6% of all boys named Kayce (3,039) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s7#6,229 (1989)#6,229
1990s26#6,415 (1990)#7,423
2000s52#7,094 (2007)#9,121
2010s192#2,656 (2019)#5,746
2020s3,039#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 2025

girls
#2,173
85 births · 1 in 18,909 girls
boys
#375
843 births · 1 in 2,026 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #2,173Kayce85

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #375Kayce843
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 18,909 of them was named Kayce, which outranked 87.4% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Kayce
  1. #2,153Theadora86
  2. #2,153Tracy86
  3. #2,153Zofia86
  4. #2,173Kayce85
  5. #2,173Ashton85
  6. #2,173Dawn85
  7. #2,173Deanna85
  8. #2,194Addalyn84
  9. #2,194Annaleigh84
  10. #2,194Aqsa84

Tied with 20 names at #2,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

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

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 2,026 of them was named Kayce, which outranked 97.3% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Kayce
  1. #372Matthias854
  2. #373Grady851
  3. #374Forrest850
  4. #375Kayce843
  5. #376Desmond839
  6. #377Clark837
  7. #377Hugo837
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

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

See the top 100 for 2025 →