Caycee
A feminine name of English origin, a variation of Casey.
Name Census estimates that about 427 living Americans carry the first name Caycee. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Caycee today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Caycee births was 2013 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Caycee. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Caycee with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
427
~ 1 in 802,703 Americans
Peak year
2013
22 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2024 SSA rank
#11,279
Tracked since 1976
Census
Caycee in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 458 people with the first name Caycee, which placed it at #21,926 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#21,926
National first-name rank
People counted
458
458 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
73.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Caycee
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Caycee is White at 73.1%. The next largest groups are Black (14.2%) and Two or More Races (6.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Caycee described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Caycee at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White73.1% · 335
- Black or African American14.2% · 65
- Two or more races6.1% · 28
- Hispanic or Latino2.6% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.2% · 10
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.7% · 8
Popularity
Caycee: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Caycee from the 1970s through to the 2020s, spanning 6 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 123 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Caycee by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Caycee during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Caycees live
Origin
Meaning and history of Caycee
The given name Caycee is a relatively modern spelling variation of the traditional English name Casey. The name Casey itself is derived from an Old Irish surname, Ó Caiside, which means "descendant of Caiside". Caiside is a personal name that is believed to be a combination of two Gaelic words, "cath" meaning "battle" and "ced" meaning "hundred".
The name Casey can be traced back to the 12th century in Ireland, where it was initially used as a surname for members of the Gaelic clans in the counties of Tipperary and Westmeath. It is thought that the first recorded use of Casey as a given name was in the late 18th century, when it began to be adopted by Irish families as a first name for their children.
One of the earliest known historical figures with the name Casey was Casey, son of Ranald, who was a prominent Irish chieftain in the early 13th century. He is mentioned in the Annals of Loch Cé, a medieval Irish chronicle, for his involvement in various battles and conflicts.
Another notable figure with the name Casey was the American baseball player, Casey Stengel (1890-1975), who was a legendary manager for the New York Yankees and the New York Mets. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of Major League Baseball.
In literature, Casey is the central figure in the famous poem "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, which was first published in 1888. The poem tells the story of a baseball player named Casey who fails to hit a game-winning home run, much to the disappointment of his team's fans.
The name Caycee, with the unusual spelling variation, is a more recent development and is believed to have emerged in the late 20th century as a creative spelling choice for parents. One notable person with this spelling is Caycee Yokohama (born 1995), an American actress and model.
Additionally, there is Caycee Black (born 1994), an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for her work in the indie pop genre.
People
Caycee + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Caycee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with C
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Caycee: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Caycee?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 427 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Caycee going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 802,703 US residents.
Is Caycee a common name?
We classify Caycee as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 437 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Caycee most popular?
The single biggest year for Caycee was 2013, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Caycee is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Caycee in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 458 people with the name Caycee, or 0.15 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #21,926 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Caycee in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Caycee?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Caycee leans strongly female. 418 people counted with this name were female (92.5%), compared with 34 male bearers (7.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Caycee?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Caycee is White at 73.1%. The next largest groups are Black (14.2%) and Two or More Races (6.1%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Caycee most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Caycee in the 2020 Census, accounting for 73.1% (335 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Caycee in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Caycee a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Caycee in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Caycee still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Caycee in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Caycee can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Caycee?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.