Cason

Cason was the #846 boys' name in the US in 2025 (291 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales.

Cason as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Cason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Cason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#846 (291)#2,952 (7)———
2024#854 (284)#3,689 (5)——#2,238 (8)
2023#790 (319)#3,524 (5)——#2,336 (7)
2022#782 (323)#3,450 (5)——#2,229 (7)
2021#706 (372)#2,493 (8)——#2,491 (6)
2020#667 (395)#1,548 (15)—#392 (3)#2,013 (8)
2019#592 (467)#2,104 (10)——#1,998 (8)
2018#547 (510)#1,610 (15)——#2,176 (7)
2017#508 (572)#2,512 (8)——#1,422 (13)
2016#466 (655)#1,570 (16)#707 (3)—#1,578 (11)
2015#461 (659)#2,707 (7)——#1,384 (13)
2014#424 (725)#2,248 (9)——#1,200 (16)
2013#427 (686)#1,796 (12)#687 (3)—#1,068 (19)
2012#466 (587)#3,039 (6)——#1,552 (11)
2011#507 (511)#3,300 (5)——#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #424.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cason is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 7,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cason by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: #333KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #591LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #777FL
Cason (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CasonCanadaBoys—too few
CasonEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
CasonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CasonScotlandBoys—too few
CasonUSGirls#14,9425
CasonUSBoys#846291