Kaysen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 415 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
415
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#415
up from #597
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

How Kaysen has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#356#566#775201520202025#415

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#711
2016#716
2017#655
2018#629
2019#576
2020#563
2021#581
2022#541
2023#568
2024#597
2025#415

Kaysen by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Kaysen. In the US, 415 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far 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 Kaysen

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 Kaysen. 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)
  • Kayden4,179 in the US (2017)
  • Kayson978 in the US (2017)
  • Kasen640 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylen184 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaysen

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

Names about as common as Kaysen

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