Nameling

Kayston

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAY-stun
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#7,675 for boys

Kayston is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).

Where does Kayston come from?

Modern: blend of Kay and the -ston ending, as in Kingston

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

Kayston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kayston in the US?

Rank in 2025
#7,675among boys
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 170,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Kayston, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.

Half of all the boys named Kayston in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2010Busiest: 14 in 20172025
Kayston in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202510#7,675
202411#7,252
202310#7,733
202212#6,822
202111#7,084
20205#12,016
20198#8,883
20185#12,150
201714#6,056
20166#10,739
201512#6,671
201411#7,043
20136#10,722
20128#8,858
20110–
20107#9,686

Names like Kayston

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Kayston

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Kayston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayston, updated 20 October 2026.