Cayson
Masculine
Cayson is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 6,367 boys against 48 girls since 1880.
Cayson sits in the same sound-family as Mason, Jason and Grayson — a shape American ears learned to hear as a name long before this particular spelling arrived. Two syllables, a bright first vowel, a soft landing: it says itself the first time, in almost any accent. It is a young name, and its whole record is American.
How old is the name Cayson?
Cayson first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Cayson is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 6,300 people named Cayson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cayson most popular?
Cayson peaked in 2016, reaching #550 nationally. Today it ranks #835, 285 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Cayson
Cayson is a modern American name, and its history is short enough to see all at once: it appears in United States birth records only in recent decades, alongside a broad wave of names built on the -ason and -ayson ending. Mason and Jason had carried that sound for generations; Grayson, Jayson, Cason and Kason widened it, and Cayson is one of the spellings that came out of that widening, with the -ay- making the long vowel explicit. Its strength has been in the South, particularly Texas, Florida and Georgia. There is no older tradition behind it and no imported form — this one starts here.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning has been established for Cayson. What is documented is the shape: it belongs to a cluster of American forms — Cason, Casen, Kason, Kayson — and shares its ending with Mason and Jason. The surname Cason exists in English records, but no line has been traced from it to this spelling, and honest sources stop there rather than assign a translation.
Pronouncing Cayson
KAY-sun
Stress on the first syllable, rhyming with Mason. The spelling gives the long A away, so strangers rarely hesitate over it.
Nicknames for Cayson
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 2016526 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #550reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −10.8%296 in 2025, from 332
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cayson in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Caysons among us
people named Cayson are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 5,771 born in 2025 was named Cayson
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Cayson
- #835
- Cayson on the 2025 chart
- #172
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Cayson went to 296 boys in 2025, but Kayson, Kaison and Caison are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 2,229, which makes it the 172nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 663 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 766 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 5,771 for Cayson itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jemal test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Cayson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jemal climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jemal's path sketches the road Cayson is walking now.
Cayson sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Cayson is headed
Cayson should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Cayson beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Cayson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reads correctly on sight: the -ay- spelling removes any doubt about the vowel, so it is usually pronounced right the first time.
- Sits inside a sound already familiar to American ears through Mason, Jason and Grayson, so it is easy to hear and easy to remember.
- Has a ready-made short form in Case, which stands on its own as a name in the US.
- Two clean syllables with a consonant start and a soft ending — it works over a phone, across a playground, and on a form.
- The spelling will need repeating. Cason, Casen, Kason and Kayson all exist in American records, and people who hear the name will guess among them for the rest of his life.
- No meaning is attached to it. If your family expects a name to translate into something, or to carry a line back through a language, this one does not — its record begins recently and in one country.
- It is closely tied to a particular stretch of years, so it will sit alongside many names of the same rhythm in his age group, even though the spelling itself stays uncommon.
- It is heard more in the South than elsewhere, which may mean more familiarity in some places and more explaining in others.
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Frequently asked
- How many Caysons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,300 people named Cayson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Cayson?
- Cayson is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kayson is the more common one — 1,305 births in 2025 against 296 for Cayson.
- How popular is the name Cayson in 2025?
- Cayson ranks #835 among US boy names in 2025, with 296 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Cayson?
- About 1 in every 5,771 US boys born in 2025 was named Cayson — 296 in all.
- Will my child share the name Cayson with classmates?
- Cayson will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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