Cacey — unisex name
207 babies named Cacey in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Cacey was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Cacey in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cacey
The Social Security Administration has registered 207 babies named Cacey between 1974 and 2018, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cacey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Cacey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 23 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cacey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Cacey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cacey in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 207 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cacey at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cacey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1974
- Peak year (1995)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
207 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 13 births in a single year.
Cacey popularity over time — boys
23 total births recorded since 1985 (Cacey as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Cacey accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cacey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 83 births that decade — 40% of Cacey's all-time total
Cacey decade highlights
- Peak decade 83 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Cacey's strongest decade
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.