Kasen

What Kasen means

Variant of Cason, meaning “house”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Kasen” (revision 84340267) and “Cason” (revision 89616911), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kasen?

US: Steady: #470 in 2015, #483 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2707 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 742 boys got the name (#419 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 2,746 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 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 SD (1.82 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.62 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kasen is #483 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Kasen 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
• Kaizen895 US · 23 E&W
• Kaysen772 US · 6 E&W
• Kyson648 US · 20 E&W
• Kaison557 US · 27 E&W
• Kason480 US · 15 E&W
• Kaisen311 US · 5 E&W
• Cason291 US · 7 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 Kasen

Boys

• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Gael#86“hunt”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*

For a sister

• Saylor#217“dancer, acrobat”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Rowan#249“little red one”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• 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 Kasen’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.