Kacen Boy
How popular is Kacen?
#1,564 boy name in 2025
109 baby boys were named Kacen in the US in 2025, making it the 1564th most popular boy name.
Kacen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,564 for boys (▲ 338 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 109 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,657 in 2015, #1,361 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (206 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,012 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kacen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaycen family of names ranked #632 for boys in 2025 (#779 the year before), with 412 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaycen | 235 | 57% |
| Kacen | 109 | 26% |
| Kaicen | 23 | 6% |
| Kacyn | 22 | 5% |
| Kaicyn | 12 | 3% |
| Caycen | 6 | 1% |
| Kaycin | 5 | 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 Kacen is most popular
Babies named Kacen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
Kacen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kacen
Questions
- Is Kacen a boy or girl name?
- Kacen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kacen were boys.
- How popular is the name Kacen?
- 109 baby boys were named Kacen in the US in 2025, making it the 1564th most popular boy name.
- When was Kacen most popular?
- Kacen peaked in 2019, when 206 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,012 in 2019.
- How many people are named Kacen?
- 1,675 babies have been named Kacen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,665 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Kacen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kacen was most common in Mississippi, at 0.2 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.