Cayson

What Cayson means

Variant of Cason, meaning “house”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Cayson” (revision 67792993) and “Cason” (revision 89616911), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Cayson?

US: Falling: down from #623 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #856 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 526 boys got the name (#550 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 5,771 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 33,992 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 MS (1.2 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.7 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Cayson is #835 in the US and #2664 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Cayson 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
• Kaysen772 US · 6 E&W
• Kyson648 US · 20 E&W
• Kaison557 US · 27 E&W
• Kason480 US · 15 E&W
• Cason291 US · 7 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.

If you like Cayson

Boys

• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Legend#193Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #391 in 2015, #193 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Damian#109“to tame”^*

For a sister

• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*
• Sadie#50Diminutive of Sarah, meaning “masters, princes”^*
• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cayson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.