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Cayson

Boy · KAY-son · Modern

Cayson is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 835th for boys in the US (296 babies).

Where does Cayson come from?

Modern: modern name in the style of Kayson, Jayson and Mason

Say it
KAY-son

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Is Cayson a girl's or a boy's name?

Cayson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 296 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Cayson in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Cayson, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 51 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Cayson than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Cayson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 174 boys in the UK were given Cayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #303, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 51 in 20162025
Cayson in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
202413#1,917
202318#1,507
202230#1,070
202123#1,265
202022#1,275
201921#1,302
201822#1,280
201738#901
201651#738
201539#871
201429#1,058
201314#1,715
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615

How popular is Cayson in the US?

Rank in 2025
#835among boys
Babies in 2025
296about 1 in 5,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 296 boys in the US were named Cayson, making it the 835th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 709th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 526 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.

2025 had fewer boys named Cayson than any year since 2013.

Half of all the boys named Cayson in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,068 boys in the US were given Cayson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #70, up from #835 for this spelling alone.

1993Busiest: 526 in 20162025
Cayson in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025296#835
2024332#763
2023316#793
2022396#683
2021437#632
2020354#709
2019401#659
2018427#624
2017473#576
2016526#550
2015430#623
2014360#694
2013263#822
2012251#846
2011195#995
2010174#1,102
2009175#1,063
2008165#1,111
200798#1,593
200669#1,942
200539#2,748
200432#3,070
200332#2,989
200224#3,549
200123#3,612
200021#3,758
199912#5,311
199811#5,460
19976#8,104
19969#5,975
19957#6,985
19946#7,764
19937#6,809

Names like Cayson

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