girls:
11.5k births since 1952
#1464 (74th percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1965
#2334 (49th percentile)
overall:
14.4k births since 1952
#2184 (72nd percentile)
The name Kacey is the #2,184 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,429 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 71.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,464 (74.4% percentile) for all time with 11,522 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #2,334 (49.1% percentile) for all time with 2,907 births since 1965.
Kacey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1965 for boys). Birth data for Kacey is available in 66 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (66 years for girls and 59 years for boys). 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 Kacey has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 47.8% of babies named Kacey were girls.
For girls, Kacey reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 42.8% percentile (ranked #487) with 198 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 198 births per million (ranked 42.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kacey ranks #761 for girls (19.7% percentile) with 109 births per million, which is 55.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kacey reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 22.8% percentile (ranked #718) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 117 births per million (ranked 22.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kacey is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #707 (22.4% percentile) with 114 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kacey".
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