Casey
Casey is given to both girls and boys: 228 girls and 1,072 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,065 among girls’ names and #320 among boys’, #516 among all names counting both); 194,775 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Casey every year since 1999.
An estimated 184,000 Americans named Casey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 29 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Casey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Casey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Casey is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
Also “a female given name transferred from the surname.”
Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).
/ˈkeɪsi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Casey?
#320 among boys’ names, 2025
Casey rose from #555 in 2015 to #320 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.27 to 0.63 per 1,000.
7,510 babies in 1987, the peak
Casey peaked in 1987, when 7,510 babies were given it (3,928 boys, #80 among boys’ names). The 1,300 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 17% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 228 | #1,065 | 1,072 | #320 |
| 2024 | 237 | #1,052 | 1,099 | #310 |
| 2023 | 240 | #1,047 | 1,056 | #316 |
| 2022 | 286 | #949 | 1,007 | #336 |
| 2021 | 251 | #1,016 | 686 | #447 |
| 2020 | 233 | #1,064 | 554 | #517 |
| 2019 | 296 | #899 | 540 | #529 |
| 2018 | 293 | #916 | 470 | #585 |
| 2017 | 293 | #914 | 546 | #524 |
| 2016 | 329 | #857 | 514 | #559 |
Every recorded year (132)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 343 | #819 | 517 | #555 |
| 2014 | 353 | #794 | 523 | #533 |
| 2013 | 378 | #725 | 559 | #491 |
| 2012 | 355 | #774 | 558 | #483 |
| 2011 | 467 | #620 | 649 | #423 |
| 2010 | 484 | #610 | 706 | #398 |
| 2009 | 571 | #529 | 829 | #366 |
| 2008 | 679 | #468 | 976 | #336 |
| 2007 | 696 | #463 | 985 | #324 |
| 2006 | 770 | #413 | 1,070 | #308 |
| 2005 | 770 | #408 | 1,101 | #298 |
| 2004 | 817 | #383 | 1,271 | #261 |
| 2003 | 987 | #313 | 1,253 | #263 |
| 2002 | 1,031 | #302 | 1,399 | #241 |
| 2001 | 1,283 | #249 | 1,555 | #221 |
| 2000 | 1,517 | #208 | 1,822 | #193 |
| 1999 | 1,802 | #175 | 2,044 | #171 |
| 1998 | 2,103 | #150 | 1,975 | #170 |
| 1997 | 2,195 | #146 | 2,099 | #163 |
| 1996 | 2,551 | #121 | 2,464 | #142 |
| 1995 | 2,638 | #118 | 2,629 | #135 |
| 1994 | 2,691 | #118 | 3,046 | #116 |
| 1993 | 2,581 | #129 | 3,180 | #112 |
| 1992 | 3,007 | #109 | 3,575 | #105 |
| 1991 | 3,072 | #111 | 4,107 | #90 |
| 1990 | 3,261 | #106 | 4,134 | #89 |
| 1989 | 3,079 | #103 | 3,850 | #90 |
| 1988 | 3,150 | #92 | 4,039 | #83 |
| 1987 | 3,582 | #81 | 3,928 | #80 |
| 1986 | 3,423 | #80 | 3,762 | #83 |
| 1985 | 2,478 | #114 | 3,490 | #86 |
| 1984 | 2,582 | #107 | 3,511 | #82 |
| 1983 | 2,555 | #110 | 3,228 | #90 |
| 1982 | 2,477 | #119 | 3,427 | #86 |
| 1981 | 2,420 | #122 | 3,518 | #85 |
| 1980 | 2,172 | #135 | 3,215 | #93 |
| 1979 | 1,957 | #144 | 3,082 | #93 |
| 1978 | 1,532 | #174 | 3,003 | #92 |
| 1977 | 949 | #260 | 2,597 | #102 |
| 1976 | 811 | #282 | 2,126 | #123 |
| 1975 | 855 | #283 | 1,960 | #130 |
| 1974 | 823 | #290 | 1,728 | #144 |
| 1973 | 619 | #347 | 1,277 | #183 |
| 1972 | 542 | #387 | 1,190 | #195 |
| 1971 | 316 | #562 | 1,125 | #209 |
| 1970 | 242 | #662 | 899 | #256 |
| 1969 | 190 | #733 | 677 | #288 |
| 1968 | 145 | #847 | 551 | #325 |
| 1967 | 114 | #951 | 503 | #336 |
| 1966 | 97 | #1,064 | 563 | #312 |
| 1965 | 66 | #1,350 | 442 | #368 |
| 1964 | 67 | #1,374 | 394 | #400 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,373 | 370 | #419 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,236 | 516 | #343 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,434 | 360 | #418 |
| 1960 | 76 | #1,252 | 347 | #430 |
| 1959 | 86 | #1,148 | 398 | #398 |
| 1958 | 63 | #1,333 | 374 | #403 |
| 1957 | 59 | #1,376 | 368 | #405 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,319 | 352 | #405 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,811 | 298 | #422 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,773 | 236 | #471 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,789 | 179 | #532 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,898 | 180 | #519 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,400 | 154 | #545 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,556 | 117 | #642 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,144 | 115 | #637 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,628 | 88 | #712 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 73 | #807 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 56 | #880 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 41 | #996 | |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,735 | 47 | #936 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,260 | 41 | #1,059 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,713 | 56 | #879 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 30 | #1,213 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 24 | #1,373 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 32 | #1,145 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 21 | #1,481 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 32 | #1,168 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 35 | #1,099 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 25 | #1,362 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 22 | #1,467 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 35 | #1,105 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 31 | #1,217 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 25 | #1,398 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 19 | #1,703 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 27 | #1,385 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 24 | #1,526 | |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,915 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1926 | under 5 | 35 | #1,226 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 26 | #1,460 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 45 | #1,061 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 36 | #1,201 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 42 | #1,085 | |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,232 | 39 | #1,142 |
| 1920 | under 5 | 44 | #1,050 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 55 | #898 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 63 | #825 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 38 | #1,080 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 46 | #941 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 53 | #848 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 48 | #761 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 44 | #682 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 45 | #613 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 33 | #514 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 19 | #681 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 16 | #685 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 11 | #834 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 8 | #1,010 | |
| 1906 | under 5 | 12 | #717 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 5 | #1,260 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 7 | #981 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 10 | #744 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 7 | #866 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 13 | #702 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 6 | #1,023 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 5 | #1,088 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 5 | #1,103 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 9 | #744 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 7 | #872 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 5 | #1,028 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 6 | #940 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Casey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 194,775 Americans recorded as Casey, 40% are girls and 60% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Casey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Casey, and how old are they?
184,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 194,775 Americans ever recorded as Casey. The median Casey alive today is 37 years old; half are between 29 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 165,300 people named Casey (70,560 women and girls, 94,740 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 179,924 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 135 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,180 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 33,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 97,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 36,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 12,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Casey born?
The states with the most babies named Casey are California, Texas and New York, with 27% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 142 | #311 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 117 | #364 | 0.9× |
| New York | 69 | #322 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 58 | #251 | 0.9× |
| Massachusetts | 58 | #150 | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 56 | #214 | 0.9× |
| Florida | 52 | #444 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 51 | #269 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 45 | #340 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 41 | #316 | 0.7× |
Where Casey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Casey is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Casey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 209,853 babies since 1880, Casey is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,300 of their 1,851 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Casey and names like it
- Compare Casey and CaseBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sCasey peaked in 1987.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Casey since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Casey: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1987The year the most babies were named Casey.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Casey alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with CMost given first.