Unisex name · since 1956
Kacy
5,049 babies named Kacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,049
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kacy currently ranks #8452 among unisex names in America, with 5,049 babies recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Kacy recorded 5,049 times among girls since 1956, holding rank #8452 nationally today, ahead of 51% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #2,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,452 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,049 born since 1956
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kacy ranks #2,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,452 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,049 born since 1956, peaking in the 1980s.
- #2,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,049
- born since 1956
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kacy's 5,049 recorded births place it above 96.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kacy compares
5,049 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Kacy's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kacy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,049 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 196 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kacy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kacy's full recorded timeline at 1992, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 196 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kacy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 196
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Kacy popularity over time - boys
998 total births recorded since 1962 (Kacy as boys' name)
Kacy by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (1,549 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Kacy's strongest decade.
1,549 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Kacy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 102
1960s
102 births
- 1970s
1970s
681 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,549 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,386 births
- 2000s
2000s
813 births
- 2010s 382
2010s
382 births
- 2020s 102
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 1,549 births (31% of all-time use).
How Kacy 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 Kacy's total volume
Kacy by state
Where Kacy concentrates geographically, total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 505 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 456 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 190 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 154 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 106 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 104 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 97 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 96 | 1.9% |
505 of 5,049 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Kacy appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kacy's data
- Kacy's decade-level peak was the 1980s (1,549 total births); usage has since declined to 102 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kacys (505 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kacy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~69 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, 1956–2025 (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 Kacy 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.