Kayson
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Meaning
modern coined name, phonetic variant in the Cason/Jason name family
The story
Kayson is a coined name our records place in the Cason and Jason sound family, and it is what happens when two of this century's strongest currents meet: the K that rebranded Carter into Karter, and the -son that made Jackson a permanent top-ten. The record is honest about the birthday: about 120 in the 1990s, 1,000 in the 2000s, 7,000 in the 2010s, and already 7,400 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. Kayson, Cason, Kason and Kasen all chart separately, and the shared sound is far bigger than any line, the standing arithmetic of the respelling era. In our records it goes to boys about 15,200 to 290. Like Kyler and Zayden before it in these batches, it is a bet on how the familiar-but-new ages; the record says the bet keeps being placed.
How popular is Kayson around the world?
In the United States, 7,367 babies were named Kayson between 2020 and 2025.
Kayson is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Canada, England and Wales, Ireland, South Australia and Brazil.
United States
1 in 3,000
In the United States, 7,367 babies were named Kayson between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kayson peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 5,700
In Scotland, 8 boys named Kayson were registered in 2024, the 404th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 7,200
In Canada, 51 boys named Kayson were born in 2024, the 547th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 7,900
In England and Wales, 74 boys named Kayson were born in 2025, the 522nd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
1 in 14,000
In Ireland, 4 boys named Kayson were born in 2025, the 676th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 9 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Kayson in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Brazil
1 in 1M
At the 2022 census, 185 people in Brazil were named Kayson, ranked 26,884th, with a median age of 13.
Among people named Kayson living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 25 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
New Zealand
last on record 2022
Kayson is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Kayson
Most people given the name Kayson in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Kayson deep dive
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