Kayson
Kayson is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kayson
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kayson is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kayson
American parents first put Kayson on the record books as a baby boy name in 1982, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 1,238 Kaysons were born — ranking #278 that year. About 51% of every Kayson on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kayson ranks #286 for baby boys with 1,176 births, gradually rising (+11%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kayson
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About the name Kayson
Kayson is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Kayson's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #278. Use the chart and map above to compare Kayson'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.