# Cayson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cayson/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,415 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,367 / 48 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 307, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern variant of Cason.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 12,657 |
| 2008 | 6 | 15,785 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,628 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,757 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,411 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,990 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,176 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,020 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 195 | 995 |
| 2012 | 251 | 847 |
| 2013 | 263 | 822 |
| 2014 | 360 | 694 |
| 2015 | 430 | 624 |
| 2016 | 526 | 550 |
| 2017 | 473 | 576 |
| 2018 | 427 | 624 |
| 2019 | 401 | 659 |
| 2020 | 354 | 709 |
| 2021 | 437 | 632 |
| 2022 | 396 | 683 |
| 2023 | 316 | 794 |
| 2024 | 332 | 764 |
| 2025 | 296 | 835 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 36 | 856 |
| 2016 | 47 | 726 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,379 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## 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.