Case
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAYS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #733 for boys
Case is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 733rd for boys in the US (359 babies).
Where does Case come from?
English: English surname; also a short form of Casey
Is Case a girl's or a boy's name?
Case is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 359 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Case in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 733rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 359 about 1 in 4,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 359 boys in the US were named Case, making it the 733rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 576th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 623 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Case than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Case in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 857 boys in the US were given Case or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #388, up from #733 for this spelling alone.
Case in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 359 | #733 |
| 2024 | 364 | #722 |
| 2023 | 372 | #715 |
| 2022 | 426 | #650 |
| 2021 | 438 | #629 |
| 2020 | 482 | #576 |
| 2019 | 517 | #544 |
| 2018 | 560 | #508 |
| 2017 | 442 | #601 |
| 2016 | 518 | #554 |
| 2015 | 527 | #542 |
| 2014 | 623 | #468 |
| 2013 | 531 | #507 |
| 2012 | 527 | #505 |
| 2011 | 352 | #671 |
| 2010 | 329 | #708 |
| 2009 | 250 | #854 |
| 2008 | 207 | #966 |
| 2007 | 211 | #940 |
| 2006 | 196 | #948 |
| 2005 | 147 | #1,115 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,131 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 136 | #1,089 |
| 2001 | 94 | #1,353 |
| 2000 | 86 | #1,425 |
| 1999 | 92 | #1,308 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,472 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 64 | #1,549 |
| 1995 | 47 | #1,836 |
| 1994 | 40 | #2,036 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,118 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,123 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 36 | #1,791 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,672 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 15 | #2,463 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Names like Case
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ridge, Cannon, Deacon, Finn, Keegan, Brayden, Declan, Finnegan, Kayden, Ronan, Brody, Cade
Other spellings of Case
Names related to Case
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Case: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/case, updated 20 October 2026.