Kaysee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-see
- Origin
- Irish
Kaysee is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “vigilant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kaysee mean?
Irish: spelling of Kaysie, itself a variant of Casey, from the surname O Cathasaigh
“vigilant”
A respelling of Casey, from the Irish surname O Cathasaigh, based on cathasach 'vigilant'.
Meaning borrowed from Kaysie.
Is Kaysee a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaysee is a girls' name.
How popular is Kaysee in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Kaysee in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaysee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
Nicknames for Kaysee
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaysee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylee Teagan Cassidy Kennedy Kaitlyn Devyn Keegan Mckenna Reagan Fallon Kiara Ashlyn
Names related to Kaysee
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
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, “Kaysee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaysee, updated 20 October 2026.