Kasen
Kasen was the 484th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 622 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 419th with 742 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 14 places. More babies were named Kasen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Kason) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #484 boys, down 8 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 622boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019742 babies
- Total since 1880
- 11,538babies recorded
What does the name Kasen mean?
Kasen is a spelling of Kason, pronounced the same way, so it shares Kason's meaning and origin.
Kason is a modern variant of Cason, as Wiktionary notes. Cason is an English surname that Wiktionary explains as a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk, and also an Italian surname from a word for "house". The American first name, recorded since the 2000s, fits the fashion for K- names ending in -son, and no single meaning applies.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern variant; its source names have different origins.
Related names: Cason, Kasen, Mason.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kason', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Cason', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Kasen popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 124 since 1996, 6 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #484 | 622 |
| 2020 | #476 | 628 |
| 2010 | #566 | 449 |
| 2000 | #2,073 | 49 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kasen, counting every spelling?
Kasen is a spelling of Kason, a name family that ranked #199 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #484 for Kasen on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,977 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kason | 480 | #597 | 2,955 |
| Kasen | 622 | #484 | 2,859 |
| Casen | 293 | #842 | 1,633 |
| Cason | 291 | #846 | 1,589 |
| Kacen | 109 | #1,566 | 467 |
| Kasyn | 89 | #1,799 | 420 |
| Casyn | 18 | #5,244 | 124 |
| Kacyn | 22 | #4,618 | 94 |
| Kasin | 16 | #5,722 | 74 |
| Kasaan | 11 | #7,428 | 45 |
| Kazen | 13 | #6,644 | 32 |
| Kassan | — | — | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kasen?
622 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kasen (0.17 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kasen born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kasen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kasen?
About 11,300 people born in the US named Kasen are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Kasen a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kasen by state
How common Kasen was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in South Dakota (5.4×), Mississippi (3.7×), Louisiana (3.4×), West Virginia (2.7×), Oklahoma (2.6×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, Massachusetts, California.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kasen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kasen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kasen
How popular is the name Kasen?
Kasen was the 484th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 622 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 419th with 742 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 14 places. More babies were named Kasen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kasen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kasen in the US.
Where is Kasen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kasen was most common in South Dakota (1.77 per 1,000 boys), followed by Mississippi and Louisiana.