Kason

Kason was the #597 boys' name in the US in 2025 (480 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #1,804 in Canada.

Kason as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kason as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#597 (480)#1,705 (15)———#1,804 (11)
2024#565 (518)#1,952 (12)———#1,507 (14)
2023#511 (587)#1,907 (12)#728 (3)——#1,342 (15)
2022#479 (645)#1,534 (16)#590 (4)——#1,483 (13)
2021#428 (725)#1,139 (24)#720 (3)——#1,478 (13)
2020#366 (851)#1,192 (22)—#392 (3)#741 (3)#1,223 (17)
2019#362 (899)#1,113 (24)—#365 (4)#764 (3)#882 (26)
2018#401 (794)#897 (33)——#749 (3)#835 (28)
2017#396 (806)#1,021 (29)——#710 (3)#1,008 (22)
2016#374 (879)#801 (40)———#808 (30)
2015#390 (817)#1,327 (19)#686 (3)#415 (3)—#1,266 (15)
2014#364 (869)#1,012 (28)———#784 (30)
2013#365 (861)#1,339 (18)—#398 (3)—#944 (23)
2012#387 (770)#1,367 (18)———#719 (33)
2011#416 (680)#1,788 (12)———#1,118 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #362.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1974.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 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 3,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kason is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,800 to 1 in 4,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kason by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #805ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #994NYMassachusetts: 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: #579INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #477TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #464OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #258GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #550TXFlorida: #489FL
Kason (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Kason (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KasonCanadaBoys#1,80411
KasonEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
KasonIrelandBoys—too few
KasonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KasonScotlandBoys—too few
KasonUSGirls—too few
KasonUSBoys#597480