girls:
3k births since 1955
#3146 (45th percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1989
#3000 (35th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1955
#3959 (49th percentile)
The name Kayce is the #3,959 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,755 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 48.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 48.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,146 (45.0% percentile) for all time with 3,047 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #3,000 (34.5% percentile) for all time with 1,708 births since 1989.
Kayce first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Kayce is available in 65 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (65 years for girls and 26 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 Kayce has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 8.4% of babies named Kayce were girls. Interestingly, until around 2019, the name was more popular for girls (92.6% girls from 1955 to 2018), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (87.0% boys from 2019 to 2023).
For girls, Kayce reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 14.2% percentile (ranked #688) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 63 births per million (ranked 14.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kayce ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 54.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kayce reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 54.4% percentile (ranked #416) with 364 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 364 births per million (ranked 54.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kayce is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #416 (54.4% percentile) with 364 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayce".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kayce. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.8% confident that Kayce is pronounced as kays, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-see, at 37.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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