# Kason (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kason/  
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 | 14,951 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,904 / 47 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 359, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 5 | 15,558 |
| 2005 | 5 | 17,811 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,114 |
| 2009 | 5 | 18,721 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,562 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,313 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,005 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 680 | 416 |
| 2012 | 770 | 387 |
| 2013 | 861 | 365 |
| 2014 | 869 | 364 |
| 2015 | 817 | 390 |
| 2016 | 879 | 374 |
| 2017 | 806 | 396 |
| 2018 | 794 | 401 |
| 2019 | 899 | 362 |
| 2020 | 851 | 366 |
| 2021 | 725 | 428 |
| 2022 | 645 | 481 |
| 2023 | 587 | 511 |
| 2024 | 518 | 566 |
| 2025 | 480 | 597 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 28 | 1,012 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 40 | 801 |
| 2017 | 29 | 1,021 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## 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.
