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Casey
Say it: KAY-see
Meaning
From the Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh, from the personal name Cathasach 'watchful, vigilant'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used for American boys from the late 19th century and for girls as well from the 1970s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1980s
In the United States
- 188,567 babies given this name since 1888
- At its height in 1987, about 1 in 475 boys
- 771 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kasey, Kacey, Kaycee
Famous bearers
- Casey Jones, American railroad engineer of folk-song fame
- Casey Stengel, American baseball manager
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Irish annals and early Irish literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.