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Kaycen

Meaning not yet sourced

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,300 in 2015, #973 in 2025

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,300, 2016: #2,012, 2017: #1,829, 2018: #1,553, 2019: #1,265, 2020: #1,280, 2021: #1,143, 2022: #1,314, 2023: #1,197, 2024: #1,211, 2025: #9731 in 7,268 boys in the US, 2025#973 · rising · was #2,300 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2019: #3,411, 2021: #3,451, 2022: #4,790, 2023: #4,992, 2025: #5,1371 in 90,645 boys in E&W, 2025#5,137 · falling · was #3,411 in 2019

Boy’s name

What Kaycen means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaycen yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,300 in 2015, #973 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaycen?

US 2025
#973
235 babies
▲ 238 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#5137
3 babies
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #2300 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 boys born. Dot: biggest US share (2025)

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 235 boys got the name (#973 that year). First in the US records in 2006.

How common

  • About 1 in 7,268 baby boys in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 90,645 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 (0.92 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.61 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.56 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kaycen is #973 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#9732351 in 7,268#2300
England & Wales#513731 in 90,645–
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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 Kaycen were boys.

GirlsBoys
US 20250235
England & Wales 202503
US all years since 1880481,712
England & Wales since 1996019

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
  • Kasen622 US · 12 E&W
  • Kaisen311 US · 5 E&W
  • Caysen143 US · 4 E&W
  • Kacen109 US · 3 E&W
  • Kysen110 US

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 Kaycen

Boys

  • Ace#164Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #419 in 2015, #164 in 2025
  • Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
  • Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”
  • Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
  • Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”
  • Levi#12Editor’s note Up from #42 in 2015 to #12 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 180 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

  • June#150From the word “name”
  • Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
  • Evangeline#147“good news”
  • Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
  • Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
  • Shiloh#281Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #605 in 2015, #281 in 2025

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 Kaycen’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.

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