Kayson

What Kayson means

Variant of Cason, meaning “house”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Kayson” (revision 80572809) and “Cason” (revision 89616911), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kayson?

US: Rising: up from #434 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #565 in 2015, #522 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,305 boys got the name (#264 that year). First in the US records in 1982.

How common

• About 1 in 1,309 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,675 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland 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 (3.51 per 1,000 boys), LA (2.82 per 1,000 boys), WV (2.6 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kayson is #264 in the US and #522 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.3% of US babies named Kayson were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kaysen772 US · 6 E&W
• Kyson648 US · 20 E&W
• Kasen622 US · 12 E&W
• Kaison557 US · 27 E&W
• Kason480 US · 15 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 Kayson

Boys

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Lennon#214“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records
• Juniper#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #427 in 2015, #100 in 2025
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Luna#27“the moon”^*

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