Cason
Cason was a cargo ship, under a Panamanian flag, carrying 1,100 tonnes of various toxic and flammable chemicals. On 5 December 1987 the ship caught fire off the coast of Galicia, Spain. 23 of the 31 crew died, including the captain. The ship grounded off Cape Finisterre and broke up.
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Meaning & Origin of Cason
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Cason was a cargo ship, under a Panamanian flag, carrying 1,100 tonnes of various toxic and flammable chemicals. On 5 December 1987 the ship caught fire off the coast of Galicia, Spain. 23 of the 31 crew died, including the captain. The ship grounded off Cape Finisterre and broke up.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Cason
American parents first put Cason on the record books as a baby boy name in 1973, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 725 Casons were born — ranking #424 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Casons. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #907 among baby boy names with 260 births, falling sharply (-37%). In total, more than 12K Casons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Cason
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About the name Cason
Cason is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 12K births in the dataset. Cason's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #424. Use the chart and map above to compare Cason's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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