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Kaci

#2,132 in 2025Girls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kaci has been given to 10,183 babies in the U.S. since 1965. In 2025 it ranked #2,132 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 362 recorded.

Babies named Kaci, 2025

1 in 37,700

Kaci over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaci: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaci means

Kaci is a given name.

The naming story behind Kaci

Wikidata records Kaci as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q28813190, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,009 girls were recorded with the name Kaci between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 362 in 1990; its best national rank was #610 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,647 in 2020 to #2,132 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,571 in 2015 to #2,132 in 2025.

In the United States, 174 boys were recorded with the name Kaci between 1986 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,482 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,244 in 2020 to #7,407 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,062 in 2015 to #7,407 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kaci?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 37,700
88 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 18,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,132
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
26,114 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaci sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 26,114 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaci. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kacis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaci was born before 1997 — so the typical Kaci is around 28 today.

Median birth year
1997
About 28 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
27.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.3%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
10,009
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1990s — 27.8% of all recorded uses (2,783).

Is Kaci rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−55
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−485
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−561
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
24.3%
Peak was 1990 (362)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#610
1989

Spellings of Kaci

Kaci is not the most common spelling — Katie is, with 16.5% against Kaci's 0.69%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaci is used

Across 2016–2025, Kaci was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 2,500 girls, against 1 in 14,347 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

140 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 2,500
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 2,500
  3. 3Georgia1 in 5,263
  4. 4Maryland1 in 10,000
  5. 5Ohio1 in 11,111
  6. 6Texas1 in 11,111
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 11,111
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 12,500

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kaci around the world

Where Kaci ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2024
    #2,772
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2001–2024
    #790
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2001–2018
    #313
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2001–2024
    #736
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1998–2023
    #3,391
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1989–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kaci

People whose public names include Kaci, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kaci in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kaci. Linked forms have their own page here.

KacyKaceyKacieKasie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kaci by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,132
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 485
Best rank ever
#610
1989
Peak year
1990
362 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,009
Count in 2025
88

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,407
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 163
Best rank ever
#5,482
1999
Peak year
2022
15 that year
First recorded
1986
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
174
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Kaci

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KacyKaceyKacieLaciJaciMaciKaceeGraciStaciTraciLegaciKaciaKacelynTaciCaciKachinaKaceKacelynnKacheKacynDaciKaceiKachiriKachet

Names with a curve like Kaci

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kaci, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AjaAshlyDesiraeAmberlyAlyseJessiDanaeAlyciaKassieShaynaColbyMariel

Sibling names for Kaci

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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