Unisex name · since 1998
Cayse
75 babies named Cayse in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,331 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayse sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 75 recorded since 1998.
Cayse has 75 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2024.
- #19,331 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayse ranks #19,331 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,331 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayse's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cayse's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cayse splits its recorded history at 2016: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cayse popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2024.
75 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 10 births in a single year.
Cayse popularity over time - girls
20 total births recorded since 1986 (Cayse as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Cayse accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cayse by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Cayse's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Cayse births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (44% of all-time use).
Cayse decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Cayse's data
- Cayse's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cayse: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cayse draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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