Kayson

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #264 for boys in 2025, 1,305 births
Given to boys 98.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,305 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
15,201
since 1982

Kayson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kayson has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#2641,305
2024#10,2719#2911,154
2023#7,24715#2771,224
2022#12,2437#2781,238
2021#8,46412#2831,222
2020#9,54610#2941,162
2019#7,71614#3241,028
2018#8,14613#344971
2017#7,44215#347970
2016#8,39313#380858
2015#8,44713#434704
2014#6,71318#431706
2013#7,03117#529503
2012#5,55724#574447
2011#6,56419#655358
2010#7,51316#801271
2009#7,67916#856249
2008#8,52914#1,041182
2007#10,81810#1,102165
2006#11,4179#1,492102
2005—#2,12957
2004—#1,83467
2003#12,4087#2,67437
2002—#3,67023
2001—#3,14328
2000#13,1546#2,73633
1999—#3,48022
1998—#3,48621
1997—#3,16023
1996—#4,02216
1995—#4,79112
1994—#6,3728
1993——
1992—#6,1288
1991—#6,5197
1990—#8,1175
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1988—#7,2705
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1986—#6,7215
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1982—#6,3855
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five boys were named Kayson! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1982–1990, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kayson is popular in 2024

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedAKMaine: #233 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 745 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedNHWashington: #529 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,501 boysWAIdaho: #352 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,391 boysIDMontana: #145 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 454 boysMTNorth Dakota: #101 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 299 boysNDMinnesota: #447 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,009 boysMNIllinois: #296 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,357 boysILWisconsin: #284 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,175 boysWIMichigan: #270 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 1,142 boysMINew York: #396 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,965 boysNYMassachusetts: #512 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,003 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedORNevada: #429 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,869 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedSDIowa: #310 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,147 boysIAIndiana: #313 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,284 boysINOhio: #241 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 994 boysOHPennsylvania: #401 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,010 boysPANew Jersey: #888 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,655 boysNJConnecticut: #353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,667 boysCTCalifornia: #576 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 3,467 boysCAUtah: #435 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,927 boysUTColorado: #494 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,375 boysCONebraska: #367 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,435 boysNEMissouri: #216 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 831 boysMOKentucky: #146 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 522 boysKYWest Virginia: #189 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 630 boysWVVirginia: #282 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,179 boysVAMaryland: #294 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,228 boysMDDelaware: #174 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 501 boysDEArizona: #584 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,012 boysAZNew Mexico: #281 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 933 boysNMKansas: #295 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,126 boysKSArkansas: #154 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 545 boysARTennessee: #181 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 740 boysTNNorth Carolina: #244 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 1,066 boysNCSouth Carolina: #306 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,164 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #157 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 585 boysOKLouisiana: #99 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 410 boysLAMississippi: #89 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 333 boysMSAlabama: #185 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 705 boysALGeorgia: #154 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 647 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kayson, so not publishedHITexas: #309 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 1,442 boysTXFlorida: #307 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 1,449 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#89 · 1 in 333
  2. Louisiana#99 · 1 in 410
  3. North Dakota#101 · 1 in 299
  4. Montana#145 · 1 in 454
  5. Kentucky#146 · 1 in 522

Best ever in a state: #57 in Mississippi, 2025.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#89331 in 333
Louisiana#99481 in 410
North Dakota#101111 in 299
Montana#14581 in 454
Kentucky#146391 in 522
Arkansas#154231 in 545
Georgia#154791 in 647
Oklahoma#157301 in 585
Delaware#17461 in 501
Tennessee#181491 in 740
Alabama#185311 in 705
West Virginia#189101 in 630
Missouri#216331 in 831
Maine#23351 in 745
Ohio#241531 in 994
North Carolina#244481 in 1,066
Michigan#270351 in 1,142
New Mexico#28171 in 933
Virginia#282321 in 1,179
Wisconsin#284201 in 1,175
Maryland#294191 in 1,228
Kansas#295121 in 1,126
Illinois#296371 in 1,357
South Carolina#306181 in 1,164
Florida#307661 in 1,449
Texas#3091241 in 1,442
Iowa#310121 in 1,147
Indiana#313251 in 1,284
Idaho#35261 in 1,391
Connecticut#35381 in 1,667
Nebraska#36761 in 1,435
New York#396441 in 1,965
Pennsylvania#401261 in 2,010
Nevada#42961 in 1,869
Utah#435101 in 1,927
Minnesota#447121 in 2,009
Colorado#494111 in 2,375
Massachusetts#51291 in 3,003
Washington#529131 in 2,501
California#576521 in 3,467
Arizona#584111 in 3,012
New Jersey#88861 in 6,655
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kayson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#291 → #264)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#294 → #264)
  • 170 spots since 2015 (#434 → #264)
  • Biggest jump: 185 spots in 2009 (#1,041 → #856)
  • Biggest drop: 14 spots in 2024 (#277 → #291)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2025 at #264 (1,305 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,309
  • Highest: 1 in 1,309 boys born in 2025 were named Kayson (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 48.1% of all boys named Kayson (7,305) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s15#6,385 (1982)#6,792
1990s122#3,160 (1997)#5,119
2000s943#856 (2009)#2,068
2010s6,816#324 (2019)#482
2020s7,305#264 (2025)#281

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kayson in 2024

girls
#10,271
9 births · 1 in 180,021 girls
boys
#291
1,154 births · 1 in 1,493 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #10,271Kayson9

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #291Kayson1,154
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 180,021 of them was named Kayson, which outranked 42.1% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayson
  1. #9,556Zoriana10
  2. #9,556Zuley10
  3. #9,556Zyaira10
  4. #10,271Kayson9
  5. #10,271Aaditri9
  6. #10,271Aafia9
  7. #10,271Aafiya9
  8. #11,122Aadriti8
  9. #11,122Aakifah8
  10. #11,122Aaliyana8

Tied with 850 names at #10,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 756Ailany#857 → #101
  2. ↑ 439Aylani#1,001 → #562
  3. ↑ 426Marjorie#1,248 → #822
  4. ↑ 414Scottie#616 → #202
  5. ↑ 365Elodie#737 → #372
Fallers
  1. ↓ 605Emryn#887 → #1,492
  2. ↓ 307Zhuri#862 → #1,169
  3. ↓ 301Layne#974 → #1,275
  4. ↓ 273Alitzel#876 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 267Aleyna#964 → #1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 1,493 of them was named Kayson, which outranked 98.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayson
  1. #288Paxton1,170
  2. #289Cody1,168
  3. #290Finley1,156
  4. #291Kayson1,154
  5. #292Koa1,152
  6. #293Kash1,148
  7. #294Josue1,144
Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,833Truce#10,821 → #988
  2. ↑ 1,201Colsen#1,832 → #631
  3. ↑ 616Bryer#1,485 → #869
  4. ↑ 470Halo#1,458 → #988
  5. ↑ 348Azaiah#1,230 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Khari#827 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 309Karsyn#977 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 256Kye#940 → #1,196
  4. ↓ 225Kole#971 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 224Khai#723 → #947

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2024 →