Kacey — #1093 US unisex name
11,749 babies named Kacey in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Kacey was born in this single decade.
402 babies were named Kacey in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kacey
The Social Security Administration has registered 11,749 babies named Kacey between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kacey currently holds the #1093 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 402 babies received it in a single year. Kacey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 3,119 additional births since 1965.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kacey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kacey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,238 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kacey in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kacey 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 11,749 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.
Kacey at a glance
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Current rank
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Kacey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (1991)
- 402
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #1093 among girls.
11,749 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 402 births in a single year.
Kacey popularity over time — boys
3,119 total births recorded since 1965 (Kacey as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kacey accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kacey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,158 births that decade — 27% of Kacey's all-time total
Kacey decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,158 births
- Runner-up 2,645 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kacey's strongest decade
3,158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Kacey by state
Where Kacey concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,238 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,052 | 9.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 572 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 531 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 453 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 438 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 376 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 330 | 2.8% |
1,238 of 11,749 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kacey appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1952–2024 (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.