NameTides

Case

Case was the #733 boys' name in the US in 2025 (359 babies), and #2,527 in Canada.

Case as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Case as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Case as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#733 (359)—#2,527 (7)
2024#722 (364)—#1,764 (11)
2023#715 (372)—#2,123 (8)
2022#650 (426)#4,790 (3)#1,415 (14)
2021#629 (438)—#2,812 (5)
2020#576 (482)—#1,708 (10)
2019#544 (517)—#1,448 (13)
2018#508 (560)—#1,572 (11)
2017#601 (442)—#1,308 (15)
2016#554 (518)—#1,487 (12)
2015#542 (527)—#1,164 (17)
2014#468 (623)—#1,465 (12)
2013#507 (531)—#2,305 (6)
2012#505 (527)—#1,781 (9)
2011#671 (352)—#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #468.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Case is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 5,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Case by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #905MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #711INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #404KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #311OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #625GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #555TXFlorida: #729FL
Case (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Case (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaseCanadaBoys#2,5277
CaseEngland & WalesBoys—too few
CaseUSBoys#733359