# Casey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/casey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “descendant of (a person named) watchful” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪsi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kaycie, Kaycee, Kacie, Kacee |
| US babies named this | 194,775 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 116,675 / 78,100 (40% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,879, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicisation of an Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh (literally “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 467 | 620 |
| 2012 | 355 | 774 |
| 2013 | 378 | 725 |
| 2014 | 353 | 794 |
| 2015 | 343 | 819 |
| 2016 | 329 | 857 |
| 2017 | 293 | 914 |
| 2018 | 293 | 916 |
| 2019 | 296 | 899 |
| 2020 | 233 | 1,064 |
| 2021 | 251 | 1,016 |
| 2022 | 286 | 949 |
| 2023 | 240 | 1,047 |
| 2024 | 237 | 1,052 |
| 2025 | 228 | 1,065 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 649 | 423 |
| 2012 | 558 | 483 |
| 2013 | 559 | 491 |
| 2014 | 523 | 533 |
| 2015 | 517 | 555 |
| 2016 | 514 | 559 |
| 2017 | 546 | 524 |
| 2018 | 470 | 585 |
| 2019 | 540 | 529 |
| 2020 | 554 | 517 |
| 2021 | 686 | 447 |
| 2022 | 1,007 | 336 |
| 2023 | 1,056 | 316 |
| 2024 | 1,099 | 310 |
| 2025 | 1,072 | 320 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 253 | 201 |
| 2012 | 188 | 265 |
| 2013 | 165 | 287 |
| 2014 | 166 | 286 |
| 2015 | 130 | 363 |
| 2016 | 89 | 485 |
| 2017 | 58 | 701 |
| 2018 | 75 | 553 |
| 2019 | 49 | 770 |
| 2020 | 44 | 821 |
| 2021 | 38 | 918 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,206 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,639 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 182 | 263 |
| 2012 | 182 | 263 |
| 2013 | 195 | 255 |
| 2014 | 166 | 282 |
| 2015 | 196 | 261 |
| 2016 | 195 | 268 |
| 2017 | 202 | 267 |
| 2018 | 190 | 267 |
| 2019 | 125 | 356 |
| 2020 | 143 | 320 |
| 2021 | 130 | 344 |
| 2022 | 151 | 298 |
| 2023 | 171 | 272 |
| 2024 | 200 | 244 |
| 2025 | 267 | 188 |

## People named Casey

- Casey Affleck, American actor
- Casey Stoner, Australian former motorcycle racer
- Casey Dellacqua, Australian tennis player
- Casey Neistat, American YouTube personality, filmmaker and entrepreneur (born 1981)
- Casey Calvert, American pornographic film actress (born 1989/1990)
- Casey Stoney, English association football player (born 1982)
- Casey Wilson, American actress and comedian
- Casey Cott, American actor
- Casey Kaufhold, American archer
- Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
- Casey Krueger, American soccer player
- Casey Siemaszko, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.