Kayce

What Kayce means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kayce yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 7 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kayce?

US: Rising: up from #4407 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 843 boys got the name (#375 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 2,026 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,199 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (2.11 per 1,000 boys), MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), ME (1.3 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kayce is #375 in the US and #452 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 90.8% of US babies named Kayce were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kace221 US · 9 E&W
• Kase192 US
• Kyce98 US · 6 E&W
• Cayce13 US
• Kaze9 US
• Kaize7 US
• Kaise5 US
• Kyse5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kayce

Boys

• Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”^*
• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Otto#277“wealth, riches”^*
• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025

For a sister

• Melody#79Editor’s note Up from #148 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Ayla#77Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 6 babies
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kayce’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.