# Cason (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cason/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “house” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Casen, Cayson, Kaison, Kasen, Kason, Kaysen, Kayson |
| US babies named this | 11,388 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,308 / 80 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 148, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 10,729 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,627 |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,897 |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,471 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,228 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,283 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,868 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,127 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,552 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,954 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,731 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,653 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,380 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 511 | 507 |
| 2012 | 587 | 466 |
| 2013 | 686 | 427 |
| 2014 | 725 | 424 |
| 2015 | 659 | 461 |
| 2016 | 655 | 466 |
| 2017 | 572 | 508 |
| 2018 | 510 | 547 |
| 2019 | 467 | 592 |
| 2020 | 395 | 667 |
| 2021 | 372 | 706 |
| 2022 | 323 | 785 |
| 2023 | 319 | 790 |
| 2024 | 284 | 854 |
| 2025 | 291 | 846 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,570 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Cason

- Cason Wallace, American basketball player (born 2003)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.