Kassey
Feminine · “shining upon men”
Kassey is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 738 girls against 5 boys since 1880.
Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy and then cursed, by the same god, so that nobody would ever believe her. She spent the fall of Troy telling people exactly what was about to happen and being ignored. Kassey can shorten her name, or the Irish surname Casey, and the k at the front points gently toward the Greek.
How old is the name Kassey?
Kassey first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Kassey alive today was born around 1995, making them about 30 years old. About 700 people named Kassey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kassey most popular?
Kassey peaked in 1992, reaching #3091 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 10,117 places below that high. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kassandra to Kassey
The story of Kassey
Cassandra came into English use through the Trojan material, which was read continuously through the Middle Ages, and became genuinely popular in twentieth-century America. Casey arrived separately as an Irish surname and became a unisex first name. Both produce the same short form, and American naming marked it as a daughter's with an -ey or an -ie ending and often a k. Kassey appears in the record from the late 1970s and belongs to that convention, which was at its strongest in exactly those decades.
Meaningscholars disagree
shining upon men, or vigilant
If the name shortens Cassandra, the Greek elements are usually read as one who shines and men — though the reading is not secure and the name may be pre-Greek. If it shortens Casey, the source is the Irish cathasach, vigilant or watchful. The two are unrelated and both are entirely plausible for an American Kassey.
How the name formed
- Kassandra
- Cassandra
- Kassey
Related forms: Kassandra · Ó Cathasaigh
Pronouncing Kassey
KASS-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Casey, Kacey, Kassie and Kassey are all said identically, which is why the letters have to be given every time.
Nicknames for Kassey
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most girls named
- 199237 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3091reached in 1992
- Change vs 2024
- −25.0%6 in 2025, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kassey in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kassandra in Greek — related form
- Ó Cathasaigh in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Kasseys among us
people named Kassey are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Kassey
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Adamae test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kassey's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Adamae climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Adamae's path sketches the road Kassey is walking now.
Kassey sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kassey beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kassey in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kass works as a short form and suits a child of either sex.
- Both possible full names behind it are substantial and worth having.
- Six letters, two syllables, and readable on sight.
- It is recorded for boys as well as girls, though nearly all are girls.
- Casey, Kasey and Kassie are all commoner and will be written instead.
- As a given name it reads as a nickname, and a woman will be asked what it is short for.
- If Cassandra is the reading, the figure behind it spends her story being disbelieved, which is a heavy inheritance.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kasseys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Kassey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kassey in 2025?
- Kassey ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kassey?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Kassey — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kassey with classmates?
- Kassey will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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