Casey

Where Casey comes from

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Casey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #917 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1975
    Casey Affleck born
    American actor
  3. 1985
    Casey Stoner born
    Australian former motorcycle racer
  4. 1987
    Peak, #80
    3,928 babies named Casey — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #193.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
  • A placename:
  • A minor city in Adair County and Guthrie County, Iowa, United States.
  • A town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States.
  • Ellipsis of Casey County.
Namesakes
  • Casey Affleck · American actor, born 1975
  • Casey Stoner · Australian former motorcycle racer, born 1985
  • Casey Dellacqua · Australian tennis player, born 1985
  • Casey Neistat · American YouTube personality, filmmaker and entrepreneur, born 1981
  • Casey Stoney · English association football player, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.