# Kayson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kayson/  
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 | 15,487 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15,201 / 286 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 982, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,723 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,639 |
| 2013 | 17 | 7,215 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,861 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,695 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,634 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,647 |
| 2018 | 13 | 8,369 |
| 2019 | 14 | 7,941 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,911 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,722 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,903 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,451 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,686 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,500 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 358 | 659 |
| 2012 | 447 | 575 |
| 2013 | 503 | 530 |
| 2014 | 706 | 431 |
| 2015 | 704 | 434 |
| 2016 | 858 | 380 |
| 2017 | 970 | 349 |
| 2018 | 971 | 344 |
| 2019 | 1,028 | 324 |
| 2020 | 1,162 | 294 |
| 2021 | 1,222 | 283 |
| 2022 | 1,238 | 278 |
| 2023 | 1,224 | 278 |
| 2024 | 1,154 | 291 |
| 2025 | 1,305 | 264 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 44 | 730 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 66 | 565 |
| 2016 | 67 | 558 |
| 2017 | 70 | 554 |
| 2018 | 67 | 557 |
| 2019 | 67 | 561 |
| 2020 | 74 | 509 |
| 2021 | 59 | 627 |
| 2022 | 64 | 585 |
| 2023 | 75 | 519 |
| 2024 | 87 | 461 |
| 2025 | 74 | 522 |

## 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.