Casey

#1,065 for girls in 2025, 228 births · #320 for boys in 2025, 1,072 births
Given to boys 59.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1987 · 3,928 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
14 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
116,675
since 1888

Casey over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #80, 1986peak #80, 1987girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,065228#3201,072
2024#1,052237#3101,099
2023#1,047240#3161,056
2022#949286#3361,007
2021#1,016251#447686
2020#1,063233#517554
2019#899296#529540
2018#915293#584470
2017#913293#524546
2016#856329#559514
2015#818343#555517
2014#794353#533523
2013#725378#491559
2012#773355#483558
2011#620467#423649
2010#609484#398706
2009#529571#366829
2008#468679#336976
2007#463696#324985
2006#413770#3081,070
2005#408770#2981,101
2004#381817#2611,271
2003#313987#2631,253
2002#3021,031#2411,399
2001#2491,283#2211,555
2000#2081,517#1931,822
1999#1751,802#1712,044
1998#1502,103#1701,975
1997#1462,195#1632,099
1996#1212,551#1422,464
1995#1182,638#1352,629
1994#1182,691#1163,046
1993#1292,581#1123,180
1992#1093,007#1053,575
1991#1113,072#904,107
1990#1063,261#894,134
1989#1033,079#903,850
1988#923,150#834,039
1987#813,582#803,928
1986#803,423#833,762
1985#1142,478#863,490
1984#1072,582#823,511
1983#1102,555#903,228
1982#1192,477#863,427
1981#1222,420#853,518
1980#1352,172#933,215
1979#1441,957#933,082
1978#1741,532#923,003
1977#260949#1022,597
1976#282811#1232,126
1975#283855#1301,960
1974#290823#1441,728
1973#347619#1831,277
1972#387542#1951,190
1971#562316#2091,125
1970#662242#256899
1969#733190#288677
1968#846145#325551
1967#951114#336503
1966#1,06397#312563
1965#1,35066#368442
1964#1,37267#400394
1963#1,37265#419370
1962#1,23479#343516
1961#1,43560#418360
1960#1,25376#430347
1959#1,14986#398398
1958#1,33363#403374
1957#1,37659#406368
1956#1,31962#405352
1955#1,80334#423298
1954#1,76934#472236
1953#1,78331#532179
1952#1,89228#520180
1951#2,39118#546154
1950#2,53516#642117
1949#2,13421#637115
1948#3,5939#71388
1947#80573
1946#87856
1945#99541
1944#3,6877#93547
1943#4,1966#1,05341
1942#4,6225#87656
1941#1,20930
1940#1,36824
1939#1,14132
1938#1,47621
1937#1,16832
1936#1,09535
1935#1,35425
1934#1,46122
1933#1,10335
1932#1,21631
1931#1,39425
1930#1,69319
1929#1,37827
1928#1,52224
1927#4,8055#1,37229
1926#1,21935
1925#1,45126
1924#1,05845
1923#1,19436
1922#1,08442
1921#5,0995#1,14039
1920#1,04544
1919#89855
1918#82463
1917#1,07838
1916#93946
1915#84653
1914#75848
1913#68144
1912#60845
1911#51433
1910#67719
1909#67916
1908#82511
1907#9998
1906#70912
1905#1,2335
1904#9667
1903#73410
1902
1901#8587
1900#69913
1899
1898#1,0026
1897#1,0575
1896
1895#1,0795
1894#7309
1893
1892#8617
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888#9176
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Casey! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Casey
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#310#320)
  • 197 spots since 2020 (#517#320)
  • 235 spots since 2015 (#555#320)
  • Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1906 (#1,233#709)
  • Biggest drop: 349 spots in 1895 (#730#1,079)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1987 at #80 (3,928 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 14 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1978–1991
  • Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1944–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 474
  • Highest: 1 in 474 boys born in 1988 were named Casey (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,593 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
  • Its best rank, #80 in 1987, was only 1 in 475 (0.21%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Casey (35,968) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
  • Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s37#730 (1894)#954
1900s89#679 (1909)#856
1910s444#514 (1911)#782
1920s347#1,045 (1920)#1,246
1930s277#1,095 (1936)#1,310
1940s571#637 (1949)#947
1950s2,656#398 (1959)#475
1960s4,723#288 (1969)#364
1970s18,987#92 (1978)#153
1980s35,968#80 (1987)#86
1990s29,253#89 (1990)#129
2000s12,261#193 (2000)#281
2010s5,582#398 (2010)#508
2020s5,474#310 (2024)#374

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Casey in 1964

girls
#1,372
67 births · 1 in 28,281 girls
boys
#400
394 births · 1 in 5,058 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,372Casey67

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #400Casey394
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 28,281 of them was named Casey, which outranked 82.4% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casey
  1. #1,361Tama68
  2. #1,361Tawanda68
  3. #1,361Treasa68
  4. #1,372Casey67
  5. #1,372Awilda67
  6. #1,372Barrie67
  7. #1,372Chiquita67
  8. #1,383Arnita66
  9. #1,383Delilah66
  10. #1,383Denene66

Tied with 10 names at #1,372; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 5,058 of them was named Casey, which outranked 91.3% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Casey
  1. #397Delbert398
  2. #398Blaine397
  3. #398Leland397
  4. #400Casey394
  5. #400Roosevelt394
  6. #402Archie392
  7. #402Van392
  8. #404Julio391

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1964