Cason Boy
How popular is Cason?
#846 boy name in 2025
291 baby boys were named Cason in the US in 2025, making it the 846th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
Cason popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #846 for boys (▲ 8 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 291 boys, 5 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #461 in 2015, #667 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (725 boys) |
| Highest rank | #424 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cason counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kayson family of names ranked #44 for boys in 2025 (#54 the year before), with 6,536 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kayson | 1,305 | 20% |
| Kason | 480 | 7% |
| Kasen | 622 | 10% |
| Kaison | 557 | 9% |
| Kaysen | 772 | 12% |
| Cason | 291 | 4% |
| Cayson | 296 | 5% |
| Casen | 293 | 4% |
| Kaizen | 895 | 14% |
| Kaisen | 311 | 5% |
| Caysen | 143 | 2% |
| Kasyn | 89 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cason is most popular
Babies named Cason per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kentucky: 0.8 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Georgia: 0.6 per 1,000 (164 boys)
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (63 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.6 per 1,000 (102 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.6 per 1,000 (32 boys)
Cason by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 73 | #2,555 |
| 1980s | 238 | #1,761 |
| 1990s | 513 | #1,187 |
| 2000s | 2,585 | #539 |
| 2010s | 5,915 | #424 |
| 2020s | 1,984 | #667 |
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Questions
- Is Cason a boy or girl name?
- Cason is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cason were boys.
- How popular is the name Cason?
- 291 baby boys were named Cason in the US in 2025, making it the 846th most popular boy name. Another 5 girls got the name (#14,938 for girls).
- When was Cason most popular?
- Cason peaked in 2014, when 725 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #424 in 2014.
- How many people are named Cason?
- 11,388 babies have been named Cason in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,268 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Cason most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cason was most common in Kentucky, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.