Kasen
Masculine
Kasen is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 11,414 boys against 124 girls since 1880.
Kasen is a young name in the American record, and it arrived already sounding familiar — one syllable of open vowel, one soft landing, the same shape carried by Mason and Jason. It has held its place steadily rather than spiking and vanishing, which is unusual for a modern coinage. A child called Kasen will likely be the only one on the class list, while nobody will need the name explained to them.
How old is the name Kasen?
Kasen first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Kasen is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 11,500 people named Kasen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kasen most popular?
Kasen peaked in 2019, reaching #419 nationally. Today it ranks #483, 64 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kasen
Some names arrive with a lineage; Kasen arrived with a sound. It shares its ending with Mason and Jason, its first beat with Casey and Kason, and its initial K with the whole run of American names that swapped a hard C for something a little brighter. Think of it as a name assembled from pieces already loved in this country — a rhyme borrowed here, a letter borrowed there — which is why it feels known the first time it is said aloud, though its own history is short enough to hold in one hand.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning has been established for Kasen. What is documented is where it sits: it appears in United States records only in recent decades, alongside the closely related spellings Cason, Casen and Kason, and within the broader American habit of writing familiar sounds with a K.
Pronouncing Kasen
KAY-sen
Two syllables, stress on the first, rhyming with Jason and Mason. A less common reading gives the first syllable a short a, KASS-en, so it is worth saying it once for people who see it written before they hear it.
Nicknames for Kasen
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
- 1992
- Most boys named
- 2019742 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #419reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +14.8%622 in 2025, from 542
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.
Kasen in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Georgia.
Kasens among us
people named Kasen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 2,746 born in 2025 was named Kasen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kasen
- #483
- Kasen on the 2025 chart
- #316
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kasen went to 622 boys in 2025, but Casen, Kacen and Kazen are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 1,037, which makes it the 316th most-given boys’ name of the year — 167 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 1,647 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,746 for Kasen 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 Joesph test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kasen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Joesph climbed just as high around 1955, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Joesph's path sketches the road Kasen is walking now.
Kasen 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 Kasen is headed
Kasen should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Kasen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kasen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sounds instantly familiar to American ears because it rhymes with names everyone already knows, so no one has to be taught how to say it.
- Short, two syllables, stress on the first — easy to call across a yard and easy for a child to write early.
- Has stayed at a steady level on the record for a few decades rather than spiking once and disappearing.
- Has a clean, obvious short form in Kase, without needing a family to invent one.
- Well represented in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, so it carries local familiarity as well as national record.
- The spelling will need saying. Cason, Casen, Kason and Kasen are all in use, so expect to spell it at the pharmacy and on the phone for life.
- The spelling is uncommon but the sound is not — a Kasen may share a classroom with Mason, Jaxon or Kayden and hear his name half-turned toward more than once.
- No meaning has been established, so if a documented meaning matters to you, this name will not supply one.
- Nearly everyone carrying it is still a child or teenager, which means few adult Kasens are around yet to show how the name wears at forty. That is true of every new name, and it changes with time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kasens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 11,500 people named Kasen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kasen?
- Kasen is the most-used spelling in US records — 622 of the 1,037 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Casen, Kacen and Kazen.
- How popular is the name Kasen in 2025?
- Kasen ranks #483 among US boy names in 2025, with 622 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kasen?
- About 1 in every 2,746 US boys born in 2025 was named Kasen — 622 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kasen with classmates?
- Kasen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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