Kayce
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-see
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #439 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #375 for boys
Big in Northern Ireland
Kayce is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “vigilant, watchful”. In 2025 it ranked 439th for boys in the UK (101 babies) and 375th for boys in the US (843 babies).
What does Kayce mean?
Irish: 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.
Is Kayce a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayce is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 boys in the UK and 85 girls and 843 boys in the US.
How popular is Kayce in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #439among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 101 boys in the UK were named Kayce, making it the 439th most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kayce of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kayce in the UK since 1996 were born between 2024 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 446 boys in the UK were given Kayce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #143, up from #439 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 7% of the babies named Kayce in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 452nd in England and Wales, 441st in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.
Kayce in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #439 |
| 2024 | 39 | #881 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Kayce in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #375among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 843about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 843 boys in the US were named Kayce, making it the 375th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. It first appears in the records in 1989. 85 girls were also named Kayce in 2025 (2,173rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 9 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kayce of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Kayce in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,381 boys in the US were given Kayce or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #375 for this spelling alone.
In 1989, 93% of the babies named Kayce in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 9%, with more boys than girls since 2019.
Kayce in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 843 | #375 |
| 2024 | 760 | #419 |
| 2023 | 666 | #460 |
| 2022 | 488 | #587 |
| 2021 | 197 | #1,076 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,655 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
Names like Kayce
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan Finn Kayden Kian Callan Rowan Darragh Declan Conan Lochlan Cillian Aiden
Other spellings of Kayce
Names related to Kayce
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kayce: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayce, updated 20 October 2026.