Kasen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 640 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
640
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#484
up from #554
UK popularity
#2014
12 babies

How Kasen has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#371#498#625201520202025#484

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YearUS rank
2015#470
2016#487
2017#469
2018#435
2019#419
2020#476
2021#473
2022#531
2023#577
2024#554
2025#484

Kasen by the numbers

In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Kasen. In the US, 640 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Kasen

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 Kasen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
  • Kaisenocean battle; sea warfare136 in the US (2017)
  • Kamenstone7 in the US (2017)
  • Kasemdivider, one who divides5 in the US (2017)
  • Kaden1,851 in the US (2017)
  • Kason808 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kasen

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

Names about as common as Kasen

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