boy's name
Kayson
KAY-sun
- Origin American
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 17,635
the United States
#264
2025 births
Kayson is a boy's name of modern American coinage. It has no older tradition behind it: it was assembled from the popular sound of Kay plus the son ending that runs through Jackson, Mason and Grayson, and it appears in the birth records only from the 1980s.
- Kayson is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 1,314 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,523 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1982.
Kayson over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 15 |
| 1990s | 122 |
| 2000s | 1,005 |
| 2010s | 6,978 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 7,367 |
What Kayson means
Kayson has no inherited meaning, and pages that supply one are inventing it. It is built from familiar parts — the Kay sound and the son suffix — chosen for how it sits alongside names like Jayden, Mason and Grayson rather than for anything it says.
Where Kayson comes from
Kayson belongs to a large family of late twentieth-century American coinages built by combining a fashionable opening sound with an established ending. The son element genuinely means son of in the surnames it was borrowed from — Jackson, Harrison, Mason is a different case, being a stonemason — but in Kayson it carries no such descent, because there is no Kay it is the son of. The name first appears in our records in 1982 and rose through the 2010s alongside Kayden, Brayson and Jaxson. Treating it as an old name with a hidden meaning misreads what it is: a sound chosen deliberately, which is a legitimate way to name a child.
Kayson in use
Kayson charts in all seven countries we track despite first appearing in the records only in 1982.
How popular is Kayson?
In 2025, Kayson was given to 1,314 babies in the United States, ranking #264 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kayson is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Kayson
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kayson also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kayson over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Kayson
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Kayson in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Kayson
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kayson — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kayson
What does the name Kayson mean?
It has no inherited meaning. Kayson is a modern American coinage built from the Kay sound and the son ending, and any stated meaning is invented after the fact.
How old is the name Kayson?
It first appears in the birth records we hold in 1982, which makes it one of the newest names in the English-speaking top 1,000.
What is the difference between Kayson and Kason?
Only the spelling. Kayson, Kaysen, Kason and Cason are respellings of the same coined name.
How popular is the name Kayson?
In 2025, Kayson was given to 1,314 babies in the United States, ranking #264 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Kayson a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayson is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Kayson most popular?
Kayson peaked in 2025, when 1,314 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Kayson?
Kayson is usually shortened to Kay and Sonny.
Is Kayson a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kayson currently ranks #264 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.