Cayson Boy
How popular is Cayson?
#835 boy name in 2025
296 baby boys were named Cayson in the US in 2025, making it the 835th most popular boy name.
Cayson popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #835 for boys (▼ 72 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 296 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #623 in 2015, #709 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (526 boys) |
| Highest rank | #550 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| 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 |
Cayson 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 Cayson is most popular
Babies named Cayson per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (59 boys)
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (72 boys)
- West Virginia: 0.6 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (54 boys)
Cayson by decade
Boy names about as popular as Cayson
Questions
- Is Cayson a boy or girl name?
- Cayson is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cayson were boys.
- How popular is the name Cayson?
- 296 baby boys were named Cayson in the US in 2025, making it the 835th most popular boy name.
- When was Cayson most popular?
- Cayson peaked in 2016, when 526 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #550 in 2016.
- How many people are named Cayson?
- 6,415 babies have been named Cayson in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,373 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Cayson most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cayson was most common in Mississippi, at 1.0 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.