Kaysen

Kaysen was the #415 boys' name in the US in 2025 (772 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #642 in Canada.

Kaysen as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaysen 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Kaysen 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#415 (772)#3,256 (6)#560 (5)—#642 (44)
2024#597 (480)#2,444 (9)——#668 (40)
2023#568 (515)#2,547 (8)——#693 (37)
2022#538 (553)#3,049 (6)——#616 (43)
2021#581 (482)#2,125 (10)#605 (4)#755 (3)#530 (54)
2020#562 (498)#3,848 (4)—#741 (3)#639 (40)
2019#576 (483)#3,013 (6)——#658 (39)
2018#626 (426)#2,693 (7)——#748 (33)
2017#656 (391)#2,052 (11)——#651 (39)
2016#714 (342)#1,903 (12)——#793 (31)
2015#710 (351)#3,004 (6)——#923 (24)
2014#768 (305)#2,964 (6)——#854 (27)
2013#934 (217)#4,685 (3)——#944 (23)
2012#960 (210)#3,416 (5)——#966 (22)
2011#1,264 (136)———#1,211 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #415.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaysen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 3,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaysen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #568ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #513NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #257IAIndiana: #267INOhio: #274OHPennsylvania: #477PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #862CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #680CONebraska: #377NEMissouri: #245MOKentucky: #173KYWest Virginia: #94WVVirginia: #452VAMaryland: #344MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #232ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #287NCSouth Carolina: #327SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #376OKLouisiana: #211LAMississippi: #144MSAlabama: #289ALGeorgia: #327GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #550TXFlorida: #356FL
Kaysen (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#96411

Kaysen (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
KaysenCanadaBoys#64244
KaysenEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
KaysenIrelandBoys—too few
KaysenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaysenScotlandBoys#5605
KaysenUSGirls#7,49114
KaysenUSBoys#415772