Girls' name · since 1966

Kacie

12,782 babies named Kacie in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#1,436 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,868 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
12,782
born since 1966
1990s
peak decade

12,782 babies have been named Kacie since 1966, making it today's #1868 girls' name.

Kacie has 12,782 recorded births among girls since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1868 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2025.

  • #1,436 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,868 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 12,782 born since 1966
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kacie ranks #1,436 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,868 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,782 born since 1966, peaking in the 1990s.

#1,436 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,868 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
12,782
born since 1966
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%89.2%
Kacie vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Kacie's 12,782 recorded births place it above 98.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

44 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Kacie compares

12,782 Top 8% higher than 92% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kacie's all-time total is 34x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kacie Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 12,782 376 567,345
Peak-year births 512 21 19,840

Kacie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kacie splits its recorded history at 1996: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 512 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kacie popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1998)
512
Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
0200400600 196619741982199019982006201420222025 106

Kacie popularity over time - boys

57 total births recorded since 1983 (Kacie as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 57 births
456789 1983198419851987199819992021202220232024 5

Kacie by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (4,308 births, 34% of the file).

1990s was Kacie's strongest decade.

4,308 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Kacie births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 4,308 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Kacie compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kacie's total volume

Kacie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -79, 6.5%-46, 10.6%-146, 2.3%-85, 4.2%-77, 4.6%-110, 3.8%-117, 3.6%-146, 3%-44, 5.5%-69, 4.4%-103, 3.5%-63, 13.4%-146, 2.7%-146, 2.2%-146, 3.4%Kacie-60, 4%Kacie
Kacie vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Kacie by state

Where Kacie concentrates geographically, total births since 1966

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Kacie
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
1,221 9.6%
#2 California
1,114 8.7%
#3 Pennsylvania
582 4.6%
#4 Ohio
538 4.2%
#5 Florida
433 3.4%
#6 New York
427 3.3%
#7 Louisiana
400 3.1%
#8 Illinois
382 3.0%
Texas share of Kacie's total US births 9.6%
Even split

1,221 of 12,782 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.

Kacie appears in 44 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kacie?
12,782 babies have been named Kacie since 1966. All-time, it sits at #1,436 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,868 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1998 with 512 births.
Where does Kacie sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kacie ranks #1,436 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,868 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kacie most popular?
Kacie was most popular in the 1990s decade with 4,308 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Where is Kacie most popular?
The top states for the name Kacie are Texas (1,221 births), California (1,114 births), Pennsylvania (582 births).
How long has the name Kacie been used?
Records for Kacie go back to 1966, giving 60 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kacie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kacey, Kaci, Kacy, Kacee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kacie's data

  • Kacie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (4,308 total births); usage has since declined to 592 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Texas records the most Kacies (1,221 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Kacie

Nearby Names Like Kacie

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Kacie

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kacie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1966–2025 (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 Kacie 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.