Case Boy
How popular is Case?
#733 boy name in 2025
359 baby boys were named Case in the US in 2025, making it the 733rd most popular boy name.
Case popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #733 for boys (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 359 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #542 in 2015, #576 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (623 boys) |
| Highest rank | #468 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Case counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Case family of names ranked #435 for boys in 2025 (#409 the year before), with 706 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Case | 359 | 51% |
| Kase | 192 | 27% |
| Kaz | 30 | 4% |
| Qais | 43 | 6% |
| Kais | 32 | 5% |
| Cass | 19 | 3% |
| Kaze | 9 | 1% |
| Caz | 10 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Case is most popular
Babies named Case per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Case by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,987 |
| 1960s | 46 | #3,364 |
| 1970s | 114 | #2,463 |
| 1980s | 279 | #1,724 |
| 1990s | 532 | #1,308 |
| 2000s | 1,583 | #854 |
| 2010s | 4,926 | #468 |
| 2020s | 2,441 | #576 |
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Questions
- Is Case a boy or girl name?
- Case is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Case were boys.
- How popular is the name Case?
- 359 baby boys were named Case in the US in 2025, making it the 733rd most popular boy name.
- When was Case most popular?
- Case peaked in 2014, when 623 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #468 in 2014.
- How many people are named Case?
- 9,926 babies have been named Case in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,811 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Case most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Case was most common in Arkansas, at 1.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.