How popular is the name Case?

Case ranks 886th among boys' names in US records, with 14,807 births since 1935. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,783.

Is Case a unisex name?

No. Case is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 925 children were given the name. It has been in use for 90 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kase, Cayce. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#886 of boy names

Pronounced K EY1 S (ARPABET)

Case is a boys' name, and first appears in 1935. It has been given to 14,807 children — the 886th most common boys' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 64% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2014, when 925 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Kase and Cayce — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Case and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Case?: Case ranks 886th among boys' names in US records, with 14,807 births since 1935. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,783.
Is Case a unisex name?: No. Case is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Case most popular?: 2014, when 925 children were given the name. It has been in use for 90 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Case spelled?: Kase, Cayce. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.