Mostly girls · peaked in 1987
Kasey name popularity since 1925
45,949 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kasey (72.5% girls, 27.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1992 or earlier, so the typical Kasey is about 34 years old in 2026. Kasey peaked in 1987 as the #203 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 45,949
- Named Kasey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,876 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 72.5% girls
- 33,326 girls · 12,623 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.74× its national share
Peak year is the year Kasey made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kasey births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1992. Measured as a share of all babies, Kasey peaked in 1987.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Kasey became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 12,000 baby girls to 1 in 4,720.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,760 to 1 in 3,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kasey's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kasey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kasey in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 60 | 56 | #5,505 |
| 1960s | 490 | 257 | #1,258 |
| 1970s | 3,225 | 1,243 | #554 |
| 1980s | 9,715 | 3,006 | #286 |
| 1990s | 11,408 | 3,487 | #245 |
| 2000s | 5,228 | 2,480 | #601 |
| 2010s | 2,387 | 1,209 | #1,093 |
| 2020–25 | 813 | 885 | #1,876 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.3% of babies named Kasey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Kasey is most popular
The index compares Kasey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kasey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.74× | 598 |
| Oklahoma | 1.61× | 847 |
| Washington | 1.50× | 1,014 |
| Louisiana | 1.48× | 1,074 |
| Kentucky | 1.47× | 991 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kasey and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kasey (this page) | 33,326 | 1987 |
| Kassie | 7,029 | 1987 |
| Kasie | 4,202 | 1987 |
| Kasi | 2,280 | 1988 |
| Kassi | 2,110 | 1986 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kasey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kasey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kasey (1987).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data