Kaison
Masculine
Kaison is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 7,182 boys against 16 girls since 1880.
Kaison is a young name in the American record, and it arrived in company: it shares its ending with Mason and Jason, its opening with Kai, and its whole shape with the run of two-syllable boys' names that American parents have been building for a generation. It reads on sight — nobody hesitates before saying it — and it comes with a short form, Kai, already waiting inside it.
How old is the name Kaison?
Kaison first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Kaison is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 7,100 people named Kaison are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaison most popular?
Kaison peaked in 2020, reaching #454 nationally. Today it ranks #539, 85 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kaison
Some names come down a long road; Kaison was made here, and recently. You can hear the pieces it was made from — Kai, which stands on its own as a boy's name, and the -son ending that carried Mason, Jackson and Grayson through American nurseries. Put them together and you get a name that sounds like it has always existed, which is part of why it caught: it needed no explaining. Its strongest ground so far has been Texas, Florida and Georgia, and its bearers are overwhelmingly still children — this is a name whose history is being written by the people who have it now.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Kaison has no established meaning. It is a modern American formation, and what is documented is where and when it appears: on US birth records only, within living memory, alongside the closely related spellings Kason, Kayson and Cason. Any translation offered for it elsewhere is invention rather than etymology.
Pronouncing Kaison
KAY-son
Two syllables, stress on the first, rhyming with Mason and Jason. Because Kai on its own is usually said KYE, a few people reach for KYE-son at first sight; one correction generally settles it.
Nicknames for Kaison
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
- 1989
- Most boys named
- 2020655 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #454reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −6.4%557 in 2025, from 595
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.
Kaison in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Kaisons among us
people named Kaison are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 3,067 born in 2025 was named Kaison
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kaison
- #539
- Kaison on the 2025 chart
- #172
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kaison went to 557 boys in 2025, but Kayson, Cayson 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 — 367 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 3,067 for Kaison 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 Kasey test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaison's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kasey climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kasey's path sketches the road Kaison is walking now.
Kaison 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 Kaison is headed
Kaison 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.
Kaison beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kaison 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 first sight for American English speakers — the sound follows straight from the spelling.
- Rhymes with Mason, Jason and Grayson, so it lands as familiar even for someone hearing it for the first time.
- Comes with Kai built into it, a short form that already works as a full given name.
- Two clean syllables with the stress up front, which sits easily beside most surnames.
- Kason, Kayson, Cason and Kaeson all circulate, so this spelling will need saying aloud and confirming fairly often — on forms, at the pharmacy, in a new classroom.
- Individually rare, collectively not: a Kaison may well share a room with a Mason, a Jaxon and a Grayson, and the names can blur in a roll call even when no two are the same.
- The name's entire record is recent, so there are no older bearers to point to and no established figure attached to it. That also means it is unclaimed — its associations will be whatever this generation makes of them.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaisons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 7,100 people named Kaison are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kaison?
- Kaison is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kayson is the more common one — 1,305 births in 2025 against 557 for Kaison.
- How popular is the name Kaison in 2025?
- Kaison ranks #539 among US boy names in 2025, with 557 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kaison?
- About 1 in every 3,067 US boys born in 2025 was named Kaison — 557 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kaison with classmates?
- Kaison will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kaison
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