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Kacey

Pronunciation
[Ka-cey]
Gender
Female
Meaning
Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous.
Origin
English

Kacey Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 11,749 baby girls have been named Kacey. The name peaked in 1991 with 402 US births that year (rank #577). In 2024, ranked #1093 nationally — 516 places below its 1991 peak.

Top States for Kacey

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Kacey births are: California (1,217), Texas (1,009), New York (563).

Other English-Origin Names Like Kacey

If you like Kacey's English origin, consider these related names: Aaric, Aarika, Aarshiya, Aase, Aasiya. Browse all English names →

5-Letter Names Starting with K

Names with Kacey's exact length and starting letter: Kaage, Kacee, Kacia, Kacie, Kadan.

Quick Facts About Kacey

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
2,251
English female names
246
5-letter K-names in our dictionary
598
K-female names total
2000–2021
years of US SSA records (4 total)
974
total US births named Kacey (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2021)

📉 Falling fast: Kacey dropped 141 places in the US girls ranking over the last 3 years (#845 in 2000 → #986 in 2003).

Annual US births named Kacey by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 263 girls named Kacey (girl rank #845 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2003, ranked #986 for girls (234 US births). That's 141 places below its 2000 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Kacey Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kacey the strongest states are Mississippi, Alabama, Michigan.

Strongest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Mississippi #551 22
2 Alabama #752 19
3 Michigan #807 38
4 Maryland #833 38
5 Georgia #836 60
6 North Carolina #886 31
7 New Jersey #907 23
8 Texas #930 95
9 Washington #953 19
10 Pennsylvania #1,158 23

Weakest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Pennsylvania #1,158 23
2 Washington #953 19
3 Texas #930 95
4 New Jersey #907 23
5 North Carolina #886 31
6 Georgia #836 60
7 Maryland #833 38
8 Michigan #807 38
9 Alabama #752 19
10 Mississippi #551 22

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kacey in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Cacey Vigilant. Female Irish
Casee Vigilant. Female Irish
Casie "Same As The Other Casey, Kacee, KC Names I Guess" Female American
Cassie Purity Female Greek
Cassy Abbreviation Of Cassandra. Unheeded Prophetess. In Homer's The Iliad Cassandra's Prediction Of The Fall Of Troy Was Unheeded. Female English
Caycee Vigilant. Female Irish
Kacee Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous. Female English
Kaci Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous. Female English
Kacy Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous. Female English
Kasey Vigilant. Female Irish
Kasie Alert. Vigorous. Modern Variant Of Casey. Female Irish
Kaycee Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous. Female English
Kayci Modern Kacie And Variants Are Phonetic Forms Of The Initials K.C. Or Variants Of The Irish Name Casey Alert: Vigorous. Female English

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