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Kaysen

#415 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

House, through Cason

Kaysen has been given to 7,075 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #415 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 772 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Kaysen, 2025

1 in 4,290

Kaysen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kaysen over time

In 2025, Kaysen went to 2% girls and 98% boys.

19982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kaysen: meaning, origin, and history

House, through Cason

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaysen means

Kaysen belongs to the name family reached through Kaysen → Cason. Its meaning is “house”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaysen is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Cason.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,640 boys were recorded with the name Kaysen between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 772 in 2025; its best national rank was #415 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #562 in 2020 to #415 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #710 in 2015 to #415 in 2025.

In the United States, 435 girls were recorded with the name Kaysen between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 38 in 2014; its best national rank was #3,959 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,063 in 2020 to #7,675 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,350 in 2015 to #7,675 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kaysen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 4,290
772 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 2,210
0.05% of boys
Rank, 2025
#415
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,978 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaysen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 50011%

Put another way: gather 2,978 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaysen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaysens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaysen was born before 2019 — so the typical Kaysen is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
49.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,640
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 49.7% of all recorded uses (3,300).

Is Kaysen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+182
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+147
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+295
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (772)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#415
2025

Spellings of Kaysen

Kaysen is not the most common spelling — Jayden is, with 23.0% against Kaysen's 0.60%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kaysen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kaysen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 840 boys, against 1 in 3,315 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 10,000).

10119 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 840
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,205
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 1,282
  4. 4Alabama1 in 1,389
  5. 5Hawaii1 in 1,471
  6. 6Kentucky1 in 1,515
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 1,563
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 1,754

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Kaysen is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 65% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kaysen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kaysen was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 679,627 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaysen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaysen around the world

Where Kaysen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2012–2025
    #3,256
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2021–2025
    #560
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2020–2021
    #755
    in 2021
  • France
    2025–2025
    #5,100
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2006–2024
    #679
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2011–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kaysen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#415
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 147
Best rank ever
#415
2025
Peak year
2025
772 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,640
Count in 2025
772

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,675
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 612
Best rank ever
#3,959
2014
Peak year
2014
38 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
435
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Kaysen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Kaysen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kaysen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Kaysen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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