How rare is the name Kyson?

5,171 people in the United States have the first name Kyson, about 1 in 58,409. It ranks #3,818 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KYSON

#3,818

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,171
About
1 in 58,409
This common or more
83.1%
Who bears it

Of the 5,171 people named Kyson, 54.8% reported their origin as White, 18.8% as Black and 11.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kyson peaked in 2023, when 758 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19852025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
758
In 2025*
648 ▼15%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,961 babies have been given the name since 1985. 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.

Kyson by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #934. The largest share of babies named Kyson, 79%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#19,21625
1990s#10,835131
2000s#3,2331,041
2010s#1,1784,769
2020s#9343,995
Millennials 1981–961%
Generation Z 1997–1220%
2013 and later79%

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 Kyson is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kyson has been most common in Utah (8.6×), Idaho (4.1×), and Mississippi (2.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.25×).

8,854 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.

Exactly as common as Kyson

1 other first name also has 5,171 people.

#3,818 Iryna · 5,171

Either side of Kyson

#3,817 Racquel · 5,172#3,818 Iryna · 5,171#3,820 Lorin · 5,169#3,821 Lemuel · 5,168

Spelled almost the same

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

#14,330 Kysen · 824#52,745 Kyshon · 105

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