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“Variant of Cason — House (Italian); or a surname from the place name Cawston” — Italian or English place name origin
Boy's name · #264 in the US (2025) · Trending
Kayson is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1982, it stood at #264 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 15,000 boys have been named Kayson along the way. In Mississippi and Louisiana it runs 3–4× its national rate and ranks #94 in Mississippi. Together with its spelling variants Kaison (#540) and Cayson (#835), Kayson would rank around #170 with about 2,200 births last year — the newborns split about 60/26/14 across Kayson, Kaison, and Cayson.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,700 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 3,100 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 3,700 boys in England & Wales (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Kaison · Bodie · Kaizen · Santino · Maison · Callum
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