NameTides

Cayson

Cayson was the #835 boys' name in the US in 2025 (296 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Cayson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Cayson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#835 (296)#2,664 (8)——#2,095 (9)
2024#763 (332)#1,859 (13)——#2,062 (9)
2023#793 (316)#1,800 (13)#533 (5)—#1,810 (10)
2022#683 (396)#1,029 (28)——#1,092 (20)
2021#632 (437)#1,184 (23)—#552 (5)#1,406 (14)
2020#709 (354)#1,379 (18)#599 (4)—#1,454 (13)
2019#659 (401)#1,369 (18)#701 (3)—#1,205 (17)
2018#624 (427)#1,235 (21)——#2,403 (6)
2017#576 (473)#861 (36)——#1,246 (16)
2016#550 (526)#726 (47)#592 (4)—#776 (32)
2015#623 (430)#856 (36)#686 (3)#503 (6)#1,071 (19)
2014#694 (360)#1,093 (25)#587 (4)—#2,133 (7)
2013#822 (263)#1,617 (14)——#2,606 (5)
2012#846 (251)#3,987 (4)——#1,971 (8)
2011#995 (195)———#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #550.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1993.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 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 5,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cayson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,700 to 1 in 7,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cayson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #570WIVermont: 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: #999MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: 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: #621INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #704PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,687CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #720AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #444ARTennessee: #520TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: #552SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #531LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #892TXFlorida: #809FL
Cayson (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
CaysonCanadaBoys#2,0959
CaysonEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
CaysonIrelandBoys—too few
CaysonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CaysonScotlandBoys—too few
CaysonUSGirls—too few
CaysonUSBoys#835296