Girl · Irish
Kasey Say it: KAY-see
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Meaning A spelling of Casey, from the Irish surname Ó Cathasaigh, from Cathasach 'watchful, vigilant'.
Likely the main view, with some doubt.
Popular for American girls in the 1980s and 1990s.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1980s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1987 Boys 1991 per 100,000 babies of that sex 44,489 babies given this name since 1950 At its height in 1987, about 1 in 1,300 girls 247 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Casey, Kacey, Kaci
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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.