as a First Name
Originally a North American name bestowed in honour of the American engine driver and folk hero ‘Casey’ Jones (1863–1900), who saved the lives of passengers on the ‘Cannonball Express’ at the expense of his own. He was baptized Johnathan Luther Jones in Cayce, Kentucky, and acquired his nickname from his birthplace. As a girl's name it is a variant of Cassie. In recent decades it has become equally popular in Britain, particularly as a name for girls. In part, this may reflect a transferred use of the Irish surname, a reduced Anglicized form of Ó Cahasaigh ‘descendant of Cathasach’.
| 398th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 121,709
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 175,389
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Casey per capita
- 1987
- marked the height of its popularity
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59%
0.83%
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28%
30-54
30-54
46%
13-29
13-29
25%
0-12
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