girls:
77.6k births since 1921
#442 (92nd percentile)
boys:
114.5k births since 1888
#277 (94th percentile)
overall:
192.1k births since 1888
#401 (95th percentile)
The name Casey is the #401 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 192,108 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 94.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 94.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #277 (94.0% percentile) for all time with 114,482 births since 1888. For girls, it ranks #442 (92.3% percentile) for all time with 77,626 births since 1921.
Casey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for boys and 1921 for girls). Birth data for Casey is available in 130 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (130 years for boys and 81 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Casey has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 81.5% of babies named Casey were boys.
For boys, Casey reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 88.9% percentile (ranked #80) with 2,013 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 2,017 births per million (ranked 88.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Casey ranks #301 for boys (67.0% percentile) with 573 births per million, which is 28.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Casey reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 90.4% percentile (ranked #79) with 1,855 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 1,911 births per million (ranked 90.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1990, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Casey ranks #716 for girls (24.4% percentile) with 137 births per million, which is 7.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Casey".
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