Kasey — #1595 US unisex name
33,220 babies named Kasey in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Kasey was born in this single decade.
1,394 babies were named Kasey in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kasey
The Social Security Administration has registered 33,220 babies named Kasey between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kasey currently holds the #1595 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 1,394 babies received it in a single year. Kasey is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12,442 additional births since 1952.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kasey performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11,408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kasey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,874 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kasey in 49 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kasey 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 33,220 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.
Kasey at a glance
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Current rank
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Kasey popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1950
- Peak year (1992)
- 1,394
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
Currently ranks #1595 among girls.
33,220 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 1,394 births in a single year.
Kasey popularity over time — boys
12,442 total births recorded since 1952 (Kasey as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Kasey accounts for 27% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kasey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 11,408 births that decade — 34% of Kasey's all-time total
Kasey decade highlights
- Peak decade 11,408 births
- Runner-up 9,715 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kasey's strongest decade
11,408 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Kasey by state
Where Kasey concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,874 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 2,782 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 1,547 | 4.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 1,482 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 1,477 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,396 | 4.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,255 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 1,176 | 3.5% |
2,874 of 33,220 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- California 8.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 49 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kasey appears in 49 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, 1950–2024 (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.