Kason

What Kason means

Variant of Cason, meaning “house”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Kason” (revision 80567421) and “Cason” (revision 89616911), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kason?

US: Falling: down from #390 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1327 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2019, when 899 boys got the name (#362 that year). First in the US records in 1974.

How common

• About 1 in 3,558 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 18,129 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 (1.38 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.98 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.96 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kason is #597 in the US and #1705 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 Kason 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
• Kasen622 US · 12 E&W
• Kaison557 US · 27 E&W
• Kaisen311 US · 5 E&W
• Cayson296 US · 8 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 Kason

Boys

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Jace#114Diminutive of Jason, meaning “I heal”^*
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Eli#104“ascent”^*

For a sister

• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025
• Adelaide#289“noble + nature, character”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• 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 Kason’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.