Cayson

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 477 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
477
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#835
down from #762
UK popularity
#2664
8 babies

How Cayson has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#481#693#904201520202025#835

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#624
2016#550
2017#576
2018#624
2019#661
2020#711
2021#634
2022#684
2023#793
2024#762
2025#835

Cayson by the numbers

In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Cayson. In the US, 477 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 523 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cayson

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cayson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
  • Claysonson of clay worker; clay settlement13 in the US (2017)
  • Cason572 in the US (2017)
  • Caysen162 in the US (2017)
  • Caison56 in the US (2017)
  • Caydon25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cayson

Names that are said the same way as Cayson, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kaisenocean battle; sea warfare136 in the US (2017)
  • Kayson978 in the US (2017)
  • Kason808 in the US (2017)
  • Kasen640 in the US (2017)
  • Kaison471 in the US (2017)
  • Kaysen415 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cayson

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