Kason
Kason was the 597th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 480 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 362nd with 899 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 207 places. More babies were named Kason in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KAY-sun /ˈkeɪsən/
- Rank in 2025
- #597 boys, down 231 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 480boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019899 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,951babies recorded
What does the name Kason mean?
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
Kason popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 47 since 1999.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #597 | 480 |
| 2020 | #366 | 851 |
| 2010 | #481 | 543 |
| 2000 | #1,339 | 96 |
| 1990 | #2,237 | 32 |
| 1980 | #2,892 | 16 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kason, counting every spelling?
Kason is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #199 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #597 for Kason 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 Kason?
480 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kason (0.13 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kason 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 17 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kason.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kason?
About 14,700 people born in the US named Kason are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 15. That makes Kason 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.
Kason by state
How common Kason was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (4.8×), Louisiana (3.6×), Alabama (3.1×), Georgia (3.1×), Arkansas (3.0×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Oregon.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kason: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kason, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kason · Sibling names for Kason
Questions about the name Kason
How popular is the name Kason?
Kason was the 597th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 480 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 362nd with 899 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 207 places. More babies were named Kason in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kason a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kason in the US.
Where is Kason most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kason was most common in Mississippi (1.64 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and Alabama.