How rare is the name Casey?

165,300 people in the United States have the first name Casey, about 1 in 1,827. It ranks #334 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CASEY

#334

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
165,300
About
1 in 1,827
This common or more
51%
Who bears it

Of the 165,300 people named Casey, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% as two or more races. 57.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Casey peaked in 1987, when 7,510 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1987
Births that year
7,510
In 2025*
1,300 ▼83%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 194,775 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Casey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #106. The largest share of babies named Casey, 52.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#2,9576
1890s#2,43637
1900s#2,05689
1910s#1,676444
1920s#2,392357
1930s#2,574277
1940s#1,823619
1950s#9333,087
1960s#7165,682
1970s#21827,633
1980s#10663,886
1990s#13355,154
2000s#34421,382
2010s#7179,173
2020s#5726,949
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–8018.7%
Millennials 1981–9652.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.9%
2013 and later6.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Casey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Casey has been most common in Wyoming (2.3×), Montana (2×), and Idaho (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.27×).

189,074 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Casey

#332 Allen · 166,924#333 Phyllis · 165,949#335 Gail · 165,125#336 Lee · 164,578

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Casey, most common first.

#3,004 Case · 7,457#6,952 Cassy · 2,248#8,466 Cassey · 1,713#24,393 Casy · 395#24,891 Cacey · 384#30,089 Casee · 291

Also a last name

As a last name, Casey ranks #519 of 156,621, with 63,424 people. See Casey as a last name

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