Cason

What Cason means

Means “house”

Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Cason” (revision 89616911), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Cason?

US: Falling: down from #461 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #2707 in 2015, #2952 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 725 boys got the name (#424 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 5,870 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KY (0.73 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.65 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.51 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cason is #846 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.3% of US babies named Cason were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kayson1,305 US · 74 E&W
• Kyson648 US · 20 E&W
• Kasen622 US · 12 E&W
• Kaison557 US · 27 E&W
• Kason480 US · 15 E&W
• Cayson296 US · 8 E&W
• Casen293 US
• Caysen143 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Casen
• Cayson
• Kaison
• Kasen
• Kason
• Kaysen
• Kayson

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Cason

Boys

• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Bryson#152Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #152 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*

For a sister

• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Kinley#691Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cason’s. Rank is US 2025.