# Kacey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kacey/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,265 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,304 / 11,961 (78% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,409, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Casey.

## 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 | 162 | 1,412 |
| 2012 | 136 | 1,598 |
| 2013 | 124 | 1,694 |
| 2014 | 182 | 1,307 |
| 2015 | 182 | 1,308 |
| 2016 | 177 | 1,340 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1,510 |
| 2018 | 142 | 1,536 |
| 2019 | 172 | 1,329 |
| 2020 | 185 | 1,233 |
| 2021 | 209 | 1,173 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,194 |
| 2023 | 191 | 1,230 |
| 2024 | 225 | 1,095 |
| 2025 | 211 | 1,118 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 4,047 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,072 |
| 2013 | 33 | 3,299 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,266 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,467 |
| 2016 | 31 | 3,567 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,978 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,573 |
| 2019 | 72 | 2,032 |
| 2020 | 163 | 1,186 |
| 2021 | 220 | 997 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,040 |
| 2024 | 213 | 1,043 |
| 2025 | 182 | 1,155 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 225 | 227 |
| 2012 | 137 | 350 |
| 2013 | 112 | 388 |
| 2014 | 97 | 448 |
| 2015 | 58 | 696 |
| 2016 | 53 | 744 |
| 2017 | 55 | 733 |
| 2018 | 33 | 1,059 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,402 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,410 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,199 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,270 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Kacey

- Kacey Musgraves, American singer (born 1988)
- Kacey Rohl, Canadian film and television actress
- Kacey Barnfield, British actress
- Kacey Bellamy, American women's ice hockey player
- Kacey Ainsworth, actress

## 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.