NameTides

Kayson

Kayson was the #264 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,305 babies), and #522 in England & Wales and #390 in Canada.

Kayson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kayson 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Kayson 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#264 (1,305)#522 (74)#560 (5)#314 (5)#676 (4)#390 (83)
2024#291 (1,154)#461 (87)#404 (8)#404 (3)#430 (8)#542 (51)
2023#277 (1,224)#519 (75)#400 (8)#272 (6)#516 (6)#482 (58)
2022#278 (1,238)#585 (64)#425 (7)—#407 (9)#516 (54)
2021#283 (1,222)#627 (59)#372 (9)—#498 (6)#388 (78)
2020#294 (1,162)#509 (74)#324 (11)—#496 (6)#426 (68)
2019#324 (1,028)#561 (67)#355 (9)#418 (3)#466 (7)#444 (65)
2018#344 (971)#557 (67)#344 (10)—#749 (3)#504 (55)
2017#347 (970)#554 (70)#352 (10)#318 (5)#610 (4)#452 (64)
2016#380 (858)#558 (67)#331 (11)#358 (4)—#534 (52)
2015#434 (704)#565 (66)#320 (11)——#546 (50)
2014#431 (706)#695 (47)#680 (3)—#715 (3)#699 (36)
2013#529 (503)#730 (44)———#836 (28)
2012#574 (447)#1,313 (19)———#704 (34)
2011#655 (358)#1,303 (19)———#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #264.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kayson is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,200 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kayson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #244WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #474WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #201MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #312MINew York: #350NYMassachusetts: #378MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #171SDIowa: #232IAIndiana: #206INOhio: #256OHPennsylvania: #239PANew Jersey: #655NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: #378UTColorado: #398CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #121KYWest Virginia: #121WVVirginia: #230VAMaryland: #300MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #376AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #277KSArkansas: #175ARTennessee: #171TNNorth Carolina: #245NCSouth Carolina: #163SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #197OKLouisiana: #88LAMississippi: #57MSAlabama: #131ALGeorgia: #153GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #309TXFlorida: #255FL
Kayson (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
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#67617

Kayson (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
KaysonCanadaBoys#39083
KaysonEngland & WalesBoys#52274
KaysonIrelandBoys#6764
KaysonNorthern IrelandBoys#3145
KaysonScotlandBoys#5605
KaysonUSGirls#10,1079
KaysonUSBoys#2641,305