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Kacy

#8,592 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kacy has been given to 6,047 babies in the U.S. since 1956. In 2025 it ranked #8,592 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 196 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Kacy, 2025

1 in 276,000

Kacy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kacy over time

In 2025, Kacy went to 55% girls and 45% boys.

19562025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kacy: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kacy means

Kacy is a given name.

The naming story behind Kacy

Wikidata records Kacy as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q63968018, 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, 5,049 girls were recorded with the name Kacy between 1956 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 196 in 1990; its best national rank was #942 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,742 in 2020 to #8,592 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,806 in 2015 to #8,592 in 2025.

In the United States, 998 boys were recorded with the name Kacy between 1962 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1992; its best national rank was #1,519 in 1975.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,017 in 2015 to #7,934 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 Kacy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 134,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#8,592
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kacy 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kacy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kacys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kacy was born before 1990 — so the typical Kacy is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
30.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
5,049
People you could plausibly meet
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1980s — 30.7% of all recorded uses (1,549).

Is Kacy 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
−2,558
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,850
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,786
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
6.1%
Peak was 1990 (196)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#942
1987

Spellings of Kacy

Kacy is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 52.8% against Kacy's 0.06%.

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 Kacy is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kacy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 56,265 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

05 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 20,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 25,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 25,000
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 33,333
  6. 6Alabama1 in 50,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 50,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 50,000

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. Kacy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kacy is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kacy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 993,324 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Kacy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kacy around the world

Where Kacy 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
    1998–2020
    #2,615
    in 2020
  • Scotland
    2003–2010
    #802
    in 2010
  • Ireland
    2002–2012
    #907
    in 2012
  • France
    2000–2024
    #4,529
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1992–2022
    #2,896
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1985–2009
    #818
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kacy

People whose public names include Kacy, 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.

Kacy in other languages

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

CacyKaciKaceyKacie

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

Kacy by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,592
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,850
Best rank ever
#942
1987
Peak year
1990
196 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,049
Count in 2025
12

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,934
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#1,519
1975
Peak year
1992
37 that year
First recorded
1962
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
998
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Kacy

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

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Names with a curve like Kacy

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

ShanellShanelleJesicaKasieAleishaDeandraEboniCodyAleshaChanelleJessiDanyelle

Sibling names for Kacy

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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