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
- Peak · boys
- 1987 · 3,928 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 14 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 116,675since 1888
Casey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,065 | 228 | #320 | 1,072 |
| 2024 | #1,052 | 237 | #310 | 1,099 |
| 2023 | #1,047 | 240 | #316 | 1,056 |
| 2022 | #949 | 286 | #336 | 1,007 |
| 2021 | #1,016 | 251 | #447 | 686 |
| 2020 | #1,063 | 233 | #517 | 554 |
| 2019 | #899 | 296 | #529 | 540 |
| 2018 | #915 | 293 | #584 | 470 |
| 2017 | #913 | 293 | #524 | 546 |
| 2016 | #856 | 329 | #559 | 514 |
| 2015 | #818 | 343 | #555 | 517 |
| 2014 | #794 | 353 | #533 | 523 |
| 2013 | #725 | 378 | #491 | 559 |
| 2012 | #773 | 355 | #483 | 558 |
| 2011 | #620 | 467 | #423 | 649 |
| 2010 | #609 | 484 | #398 | 706 |
| 2009 | #529 | 571 | #366 | 829 |
| 2008 | #468 | 679 | #336 | 976 |
| 2007 | #463 | 696 | #324 | 985 |
| 2006 | #413 | 770 | #308 | 1,070 |
| 2005 | #408 | 770 | #298 | 1,101 |
| 2004 | #381 | 817 | #261 | 1,271 |
| 2003 | #313 | 987 | #263 | 1,253 |
| 2002 | #302 | 1,031 | #241 | 1,399 |
| 2001 | #249 | 1,283 | #221 | 1,555 |
| 2000 | #208 | 1,517 | #193 | 1,822 |
| 1999 | #175 | 1,802 | #171 | 2,044 |
| 1998 | #150 | 2,103 | #170 | 1,975 |
| 1997 | #146 | 2,195 | #163 | 2,099 |
| 1996 | #121 | 2,551 | #142 | 2,464 |
| 1995 | #118 | 2,638 | #135 | 2,629 |
| 1994 | #118 | 2,691 | #116 | 3,046 |
| 1993 | #129 | 2,581 | #112 | 3,180 |
| 1992 | #109 | 3,007 | #105 | 3,575 |
| 1991 | #111 | 3,072 | #90 | 4,107 |
| 1990 | #106 | 3,261 | #89 | 4,134 |
| 1989 | #103 | 3,079 | #90 | 3,850 |
| 1988 | #92 | 3,150 | #83 | 4,039 |
| 1987 | #81 | 3,582 | #80 | 3,928 |
| 1986 | #80 | 3,423 | #83 | 3,762 |
| 1985 | #114 | 2,478 | #86 | 3,490 |
| 1984 | #107 | 2,582 | #82 | 3,511 |
| 1983 | #110 | 2,555 | #90 | 3,228 |
| 1982 | #119 | 2,477 | #86 | 3,427 |
| 1981 | #122 | 2,420 | #85 | 3,518 |
| 1980 | #135 | 2,172 | #93 | 3,215 |
| 1979 | #144 | 1,957 | #93 | 3,082 |
| 1978 | #174 | 1,532 | #92 | 3,003 |
| 1977 | #260 | 949 | #102 | 2,597 |
| 1976 | #282 | 811 | #123 | 2,126 |
| 1975 | #283 | 855 | #130 | 1,960 |
| 1974 | #290 | 823 | #144 | 1,728 |
| 1973 | #347 | 619 | #183 | 1,277 |
| 1972 | #387 | 542 | #195 | 1,190 |
| 1971 | #562 | 316 | #209 | 1,125 |
| 1970 | #662 | 242 | #256 | 899 |
| 1969 | #733 | 190 | #288 | 677 |
| 1968 | #846 | 145 | #325 | 551 |
| 1967 | #951 | 114 | #336 | 503 |
| 1966 | #1,063 | 97 | #312 | 563 |
| 1965 | #1,350 | 66 | #368 | 442 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #400 | 394 |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | #419 | 370 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #343 | 516 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | #418 | 360 |
| 1960 | #1,253 | 76 | #430 | 347 |
| 1959 | #1,149 | 86 | #398 | 398 |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 | #403 | 374 |
| 1957 | #1,376 | 59 | #406 | 368 |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 | #405 | 352 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #423 | 298 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | #472 | 236 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | #532 | 179 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 | #520 | 180 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #546 | 154 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #642 | 117 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | #637 | 115 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #713 | 88 |
| 1947 | — | #805 | 73 | |
| 1946 | — | #878 | 56 | |
| 1945 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #935 | 47 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #876 | 56 |
| 1941 | — | #1,209 | 30 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,168 | 32 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,378 | 27 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,522 | 24 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #1,372 | 29 |
| 1926 | — | #1,219 | 35 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,058 | 45 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #1,140 | 39 |
| 1920 | — | #1,045 | 44 | |
| 1919 | — | #898 | 55 | |
| 1918 | — | #824 | 63 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,078 | 38 | |
| 1916 | — | #939 | 46 | |
| 1915 | — | #846 | 53 | |
| 1914 | — | #758 | 48 | |
| 1913 | — | #681 | 44 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #514 | 33 | |
| 1910 | — | #677 | 19 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #825 | 11 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #966 | 7 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #730 | 9 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1987 at #80 (3,928 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 14 yrs · run 1978–1991
- Top 1,000: 104 yrs · run 1944–2025
- 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
- 30.8% of all boys named Casey (35,968) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #917 (1888) | #917 |
| 1890s | 37 | #730 (1894) | #954 |
| 1900s | 89 | #679 (1909) | #856 |
| 1910s | 444 | #514 (1911) | #782 |
| 1920s | 347 | #1,045 (1920) | #1,246 |
| 1930s | 277 | #1,095 (1936) | #1,310 |
| 1940s | 571 | #637 (1949) | #947 |
| 1950s | 2,656 | #398 (1959) | #475 |
| 1960s | 4,723 | #288 (1969) | #364 |
| 1970s | 18,987 | #92 (1978) | #153 |
| 1980s | 35,968 | #80 (1987) | #86 |
| 1990s | 29,253 | #89 (1990) | #129 |
| 2000s | 12,261 | #193 (2000) | #281 |
| 2010s | 5,582 | #398 (2010) | #508 |
| 2020s | 5,474 | #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 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 1,616 of them was named Casey, which outranked 97.7% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 633 of them was named Casey, which outranked 98.5% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.