How rare is the name Kayson?

6,848 people in the United States have the first name Kayson, about 1 in 44,105. It ranks #3,175 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KAYSON

#3,175

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,848
About
1 in 44,105
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,848 people named Kayson, 56% reported their origin as White, 20% as Black and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kayson peaked in 2025, when 1,314 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19822025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,314
In 2025*
1,314
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,487 babies have been given the name since 1982. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kayson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #539. The largest share of babies named Kayson, 85.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#22,83415
1990s#11,375122
2000s#3,3201,005
2010s#8846,978
2020s#5397,367
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1214.2%
2013 and later85.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kayson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayson has been most common in Utah (4.2×), Idaho (2.3×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.26×).

14,187 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kayson

#3,173 Kalyn · 6,863#3,174 Jabari · 6,849#3,176 Atlas · 6,845#3,177 Goldie · 6,844

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kayson, most common first.

#2,475 Kason · 9,945#5,522 Kaysen · 3,089#5,571 Kaison · 3,051#17,018 Kaeson · 655#48,513 Kasson · 131#49,815 Kaysone · 123

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