Recorded 1975–2001 Girls' name Peak 1979 52 births

Cacy — girls' name

52 babies named Cacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s121980s181990s162000s6
1980s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Cacy was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

7 babies were named Cacy in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Cacy

The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Cacy between 1975 and 2001, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cacy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cacy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cacy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cacy 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 52 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.

Cacy at a glance

Last recorded 2001

Total births

52

Since 1975

27 years of records

Peak year

1979

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2001

Active since

1975

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2001

Cacy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1975

Last recorded 2001
Peak year (1979)
7
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 200119981996199419871986198119791975 5

Cacy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
18 births that decade — 35% of Cacy's all-time total
1970s121980s181990s162000s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Cacy?
52 babies have been named Cacy since 1975. It was last recorded in 2001. The peak year was 1979 with 7 births.
When was Cacy most popular?
Cacy was most popular in the 1980s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Cacy been used?
Cacy has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 27 years of data through 2001.
What names are similar to Cacy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Cache, Cachet, Cacey, Caci, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1975–2001 (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.