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Kayce

#375 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Casey

Kayce has been given to 6,540 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #375 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 843 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% boys, 49% girls all-time.

Babies named Kayce, 2025

1 in 3,930

Kayce over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02505007501K18801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kayce went to 9% girls and 91% boys.

19552025

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.

Kayce: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Casey

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kayce means

Kayce is a variant of Casey.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Casey.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,316 boys were recorded with the name Kayce between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 843 in 2025; its best national rank was #375 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,784 in 2020 to #375 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,473 in 2015 to #375 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,224 girls were recorded with the name Kayce between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 119 in 1987; its best national rank was #1,213 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,092 in 2020 to #2,180 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,788 in 2015 to #2,180 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 Kayce?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,930
843 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,030
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#375
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,727 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kayce 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 1002%
School of 50012%

Put another way: gather 2,727 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kayce. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kayces were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kayce was born before 2023 — so the typical Kayce is around 2 today.

Median birth year
2023
About 2 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
91.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,316
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 91.6% of all recorded uses (3,039).

Is Kayce 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
+44
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,409
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,098
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
38.32×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (843)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#375
2025

Spellings of Kayce

Kayce is not the most common spelling — Kyle is, with 31.2% against Kayce's 0.21%.

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 Kayce is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kayce was most concentrated in Iowa — about 1 in 2,941 boys, against 1 in 5,340 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 11,111).

934 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Iowa1 in 2,941
  2. 2Idaho1 in 2,941
  3. 3Missouri1 in 3,030
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 3,125
  5. 5Kansas1 in 3,125
  6. 6Nebraska1 in 3,125
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 3,125
  8. 8Louisiana1 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, Kayce is used remarkably evenly across the country — more concentrated than 12% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kayce is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kayce was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 25,000 girls, against 1 in 105,671 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 25,000
  2. 2Tennessee1 in 33,333
  3. 3Texas1 in 33,333
  4. 4California1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 100,000
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 100,000
  8. 8Missouri1 in 100,000

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

Kayce around the world

Where Kayce 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
    2013–2025
    #452
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2025
    #441
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2022–2025
    #212
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2024–2025
    #262
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2025
    #2,553
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2024
    #242
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kayce by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#375
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,409
Best rank ever
#375
2025
Peak year
2025
843 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,316
Count in 2025
843

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,180
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,912
Best rank ever
#1,213
1987
Peak year
1987
119 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,224
Count in 2025
85

Names similar to Kayce

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

KayneKaylebJoyceKaycenKaysenKayvonKaydonKaylenKaydeKaylonKayKaydinBoyceKayinKayanRayceKaylanPryceTyceKayonKaydanKaysonKayaKaylin

Names with a curve like Kayce

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

AmiriKaizenAtreusKylianCassianKyaireChosenRhodesSevynKyroZyairEliam

Sibling names for Kayce

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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