Cayce
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KAY-see
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Cayce is a name of Irish origin, meaning “vigilant, watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Cayce mean?
Irish: spelling of Kayce, itself a spelling of Casey, from the Irish surname O Cathasaigh
“vigilant, watchful”
A respelling of Casey, which comes from the Irish personal name Cathasach; Kayce Dutton is a character in the TV drama Yellowstone.
Meaning borrowed from Kayce.
Is Cayce a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Cayce has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Cayce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Cayce, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the boys named Cayce in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,381 boys in the US were given Cayce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 77% of the babies named Cayce in the US in 1974, and 47% in 2008.
Cayce in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,678 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
Names like Cayce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Brayden Declan Conan Aiden Connor Callan Cannon Ronan Kody Kian Brody
Other spellings of Cayce
Names related to Cayce
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin Sloane
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, “Cayce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cayce, updated 20 October 2026.