Kason
Masculine
Kason is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 14,904 boys against 47 girls since 1880.
Kason lands in the mouth the way Mason and Jason do — two even syllables, stress up front, nothing to explain to a stranger who hears it. It is a genuinely modern American name, and its whole recorded life has been recent enough that most of the people carrying it are still children. Written with a K, it joins one of the most productive spelling habits in American naming.
How old is the name Kason?
Kason first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Kason is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 15,000 people named Kason are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kason most popular?
Kason peaked in 2019, reaching #362 nationally. Today it ranks #597, 235 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 Kason
Think of it as a name assembled rather than inherited. Mason and Jason had been in American ears for generations; the letter K had become the mark of a fresh start on an old sound; somewhere those two facts met and Kason stepped out of them, fully formed and needing no introduction. Its rise is recent and traceable — a name whose entire history is measured in decades rather than centuries, which means the people who carry it are the ones still writing it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established etymology. What is documented is the shape: Kason sits in a cluster with Cason, Kasen, Kaysen and Kayson, and echoes the older Mason and Jason — Mason from the trade of stoneworking, Jason from Greek. Kason itself carries no inherited meaning of its own, and no source has settled one on it.
Pronouncing Kason
KAY-sun
Stress on the first syllable; it rhymes cleanly with Mason and Jason. The K spelling does not change the sound from Cason.
Nicknames for Kason
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
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2019899 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #362reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −7.3%480 in 2025, from 518
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.
Kason in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.
Kasons among us
people named Kason are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 3,558 born in 2025 was named Kason
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kason
- #597
- Kason on the 2025 chart
- #390
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kason went to 480 boys in 2025, but Cason is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 771, which makes it the 390th most-given boys’ name of the year — 207 places above the chart.
- Kason480
- Cason291
About 1 boy in 2,215 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 3,558 for Kason 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 Hoover test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kason's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hoover climbed just as high around 1928, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hoover's path sketches the road Kason is walking now.
Kason 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 Kason is headed
Kason is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Kason beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kason in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sound needs no explaining: anyone who knows Mason or Jason says Kason correctly on the first try.
- Two syllables, six letters, front stress — easy for a small child to say and to write.
- Has a working short form, Kase, already in real use.
- A child with this name is unlikely to share it with a classmate.
- The sound is obvious but the spelling is not. Cason, Kasen, Kaysen and Kayson all sound identical, so expect a lifetime of spelling it out loud even though no one mispronounces it.
- Its recorded life is short and its wave is very recent, so the name is tightly tied to one span of years — it will read as belonging to a particular generation rather than to no era at all.
- Use is noticeably concentrated in Texas, Georgia and Florida, which can make it feel more or less familiar depending on where the family lands.
- There are no historical bearers or old traditions attached to it — nothing to look up, nothing to live up to.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kasons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 15,000 people named Kason are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kason?
- Kason is the most-used spelling in US records — 480 of the 771 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cason.
- How popular is the name Kason in 2025?
- Kason ranks #597 among US boy names in 2025, with 480 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kason?
- About 1 in every 3,558 US boys born in 2025 was named Kason — 480 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kason with classmates?
- Kason will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kason
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