Kasey

Where Kasey comes from

Variant of Casey.
— Wiktionary's entry for Kasey
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #5,301 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Kasey Keller born
    American soccer player
  3. 1988
    Peak, #201
    1,298 babies named Kasey — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1990
    Kasey Smith born
    Irish singer
  5. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #451.
  6. 2023
    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.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Kasey Keller · American soccer player, born 1969
  • Kasey Smith · Irish singer, born 1990
  • Kasey Kahne · American racing driver, born 1980
  • Kasey Rogers · American actress, 1925–2006
  • Kasey Palmer · English association football player, born 1996

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.