Kyson
Kyson was the 471st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 648 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 418th with 758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 60 places. More babies were named Kyson in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KY-sun /ˈkaɪsən/
- Rank in 2025
- #471 boys, down 10 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 648boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2023758 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,961babies recorded
What does the name Kyson mean?
Kyson is a modern American coinage. Wiktionary describes it as a new name, comparing Kyle, Tyson and Bryson, and it fits the fashion for boys' names ending in -son. It has no traditional meaning. SSA data show a few boys named Kyson from the mid-1980s, with most use since the 2000s. Similar recent names include Kason, Bryson and Jaxon.
How sure is this? Not documented. Modern coinage.
Related names: Tyson, Bryson, Kyle.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kyson', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Kyson popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #471 | 648 |
| 2020 | #461 | 644 |
| 2010 | #827 | 259 |
| 2000 | #2,557 | 37 |
| 1990 | #5,625 | 9 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kyson, counting every spelling?
Kyson is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #335 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #471 for Kyson on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,045 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyson | 648 | #471 | 3,351 |
| Kysen | 110 | #1,557 | 555 |
| Kyzen | 91 | #1,774 | 437 |
| Kycen | 101 | #1,660 | 204 |
| Kisen | 40 | #3,060 | 72 |
| Kysin | 14 | #6,304 | 59 |
| Kison | 6 | #11,411 | 27 |
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 Kyson?
648 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kyson (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kyson 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 Kyson.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kyson?
About 9,900 people born in the US named Kyson are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Kyson 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.
Kyson by state
How common Kyson was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Mississippi (6.6×), Alabama (4.3×), West Virginia (3.4×), Louisiana (3.2×), Arkansas (2.7×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, Oregon, Nevada.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kyson: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kyson, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kyson · Sibling names for Kyson
Questions about the name Kyson
How popular is the name Kyson?
Kyson was the 471st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 648 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 418th with 758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 60 places. More babies were named Kyson in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kyson a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kyson in the US.
Where is Kyson most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kyson was most common in Mississippi (2.55 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and West Virginia.