Kyson

#471 for boys in 2025, 648 births

Peak · boys
2023 · 758 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,961
since 1985

Kyson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kyson has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat 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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#471648
2024#464667
2023#417758
2022#482644
2021#469634
2020#461644
2019#443689
2018#466622
2017#433713
2016#528559
2015#531536
2014#636413
2013#702338
2012#709335
2011#744305
2010#827259
2009#905228
2008#943215
2007#1,092167
2006#1,379116
2005#1,83870
2004#1,73173
2003#1,88562
2002#3,02230
2001#2,30643
2000#2,52537
1999#3,83419
1998#3,59720
1997#3,73818
1996#4,02216
1995#6,9927
1994#5,10911
1993#5,36010
1992#4,11414
1991#6,5197
1990#5,3829
1989#6,9416
1988#4,45010
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1985#4,3339
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Kyson! It came in at #4,333, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1986–1987, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kyson is popular in 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedNHWashington: #439 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,073 boysWAIdaho: #273 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 968 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #593 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,125 boysMNIllinois: #484 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,602 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedWIMichigan: #819 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,339 boysMINew York: #792 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 5,478 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedSDIowa: #365 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,508 boysIAIndiana: #314 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,412 boysINOhio: #509 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,868 boysOHPennsylvania: #959 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,713 boysPANew Jersey: #983 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,863 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,116 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 11,154 boysCAUtah: #237 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 877 boysUTColorado: #715 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,184 boysCONebraska: #219 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 731 boysNEMissouri: #322 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,425 boysMOKentucky: #179 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 654 boysKYWest Virginia: #338 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,392 boysWVVirginia: #737 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,833 boysVAMaryland: #810 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,013 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedDEArizona: #796 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,327 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedNMKansas: #447 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,960 boysKSArkansas: #204 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 750 boysARTennessee: #283 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,099 boysTNNorth Carolina: #477 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,576 boysNCSouth Carolina: #244 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,000 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #258 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 986 boysOKLouisiana: #268 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,027 boysLAMississippi: #138 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 449 boysMSAlabama: #180 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 680 boysALGeorgia: #293 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 1,289 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kyson, so not publishedHITexas: #444 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 2,418 boysTXFlorida: #469 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 2,653 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#138 · 1 in 449
  2. Kentucky#179 · 1 in 654
  3. Alabama#180 · 1 in 680
  4. Arkansas#204 · 1 in 750
  5. Nebraska#219 · 1 in 731

Best ever in a state: #77 in Mississippi, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#138271 in 449
Kentucky#179301 in 654
Alabama#180321 in 680
Arkansas#204171 in 750
Nebraska#219121 in 731
Utah#237221 in 877
South Carolina#244201 in 1,000
Oklahoma#258181 in 986
Louisiana#268211 in 1,027
Idaho#27381 in 968
Tennessee#283311 in 1,099
Georgia#293391 in 1,289
Indiana#314231 in 1,412
Missouri#322201 in 1,425
West Virginia#33851 in 1,392
Iowa#36591 in 1,508
Washington#439161 in 2,073
Texas#444701 in 2,418
Kansas#44771 in 1,960
Florida#469341 in 2,653
North Carolina#477191 in 2,576
Illinois#484211 in 2,602
Ohio#509191 in 2,868
Minnesota#59381 in 3,125
Colorado#71561 in 4,184
Virginia#73781 in 4,833
New York#792161 in 5,478
Arizona#79661 in 5,327
Maryland#81051 in 5,013
Michigan#81981 in 5,339
Pennsylvania#95971 in 7,713
New Jersey#98351 in 7,863
California#1,116171 in 11,154
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See more about Kyson
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#464 → #471)
  • 10 spots since 2020 (#461 → #471)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#531 → #471)
  • Biggest jump: 149 spots in 2008 (#1,092 → #943)
  • Biggest drop: 47 spots in 2024 (#417 → #464)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2023 at #417 (758 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,257
  • Highest: 1 in 2,257 boys born in 2023 were named Kyson (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,636 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 47.9% of all boys named Kyson (4,769) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s25#4,333 (1985)#5,241
1990s131#3,597 (1998)#4,867
2000s1,041#905 (2009)#1,763
2010s4,769#433 (2017)#602
2020s3,995#417 (2023)#461

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.

Kyson in 2020

boys
#461
644 births · 1 in 2,680 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #461Kyson644
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,680 of them was named Kyson, which outranked 96.7% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kyson
  1. #458Baylor648
  2. #459Ford647
  3. #460Ayaan645
  4. #461Kyson644
  5. #462Forrest640
  6. #463Allen638
  7. #463Dalton638
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →