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Kase

#1,115 in 2025Boys' name

Sheep's milk cheese, through Käse

Kase has been given to 4,849 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #1,115 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 433 recorded.

Babies named Kase, 2025

1 in 17,300

Kase over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kase: meaning, origin, and history

Sheep's milk cheese, through Käse

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kase means

Kase belongs to the name family reached through Kase → Käse. Its meaning is “sheep's milk cheese”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Modern spelling variant of Case. The surname derives from German Käse.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Kase (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Kase is used in English.

Kase comes through German Käse.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Case and Käse.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,842 boys were recorded with the name Kase between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 433 in 2018; its best national rank was #618 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #837 in 2020 to #1,115 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #824 in 2015 to #1,115 in 2025.

In the United States, 7 girls were recorded with the name Kase between 2019 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2019; its best national rank was #13,100 in 2019.

How common is Kase?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 17,300
192 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,900
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,115
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,969 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kase sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,969 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kase. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kases were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kase was born before 2017 — so the typical Kase is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
55.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,842
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 55.8% of all recorded uses (2,702).

Is Kase 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
−142
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−278
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−291
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
44.3%
Peak was 2018 (433)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#618
2018

Spellings of Kase

Kase is not the most common spelling — Jose is, with 19.0% against Kase's 0.15%.

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 Kase is used

Across 2016–2025, Kase was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 1,515 boys, against 1 in 5,520 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 50,000).

266 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 1,515
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 1,667
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,923
  4. 4Iowa1 in 2,381
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 2,564
  6. 6Alabama1 in 2,703
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 3,125
  8. 8Texas1 in 3,226

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.

Geographically, Kase is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 72% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Kase around the world

Where Kase 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
    2009–2018
    #3,011
    in 2018
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #1,614
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2009–2009
    #473
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kase by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,115
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 278
Best rank ever
#618
2018
Peak year
2018
433 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,842
Count in 2025
192

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#13,100
2019
Peak year
2019
7 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
7
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kase

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

KashKasenKaseyKasonCaseKasynKasaiKasimKashtonKasperJaseKashifKaseemKasinKasraKasirKashmirKassiusKashawnKaschKastonKassimKashtynMase

Names with a curve like Kase

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

TitanGraysenHenrikCaysonAxlBreckenJoziahFoxMaxtonThatcherKingsleyAxton

Sibling names for Kase

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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