Kaison
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Son Of Fighter Or Rebel.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Kaison
Kaison is a modern American invented name, formed as a creative blend of the K-prefix with the popular -son ending. The name appears in SSA records starting in the 2010s and is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The name belongs to the broader contemporary American category of invented K-prefix boys' names with the popular -son ending — alongside Kayson, Karson, and Kasen. The Kaison spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking the most-distinctive K-prefix variation.
Kaison's American climb is very recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2015 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include various American influencers; the contemporary American basketball player Kaison Buckner; and the contemporary fictional Kaison of various contemporary novels. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the popular K-prefix and -son ending family combination, the modern visual presence with the distinctive K-spelling, and the popular two-syllable structure with the distinctive K-S-N consonant rhythm. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames Kai (back-end shortening, a popular standalone name on its own — see separate entry on Kai), Kay (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Sonny, and the rare Kase each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Kaison, Kayson, Kasen, and Caison have their own SSA tracking. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially modern American invented.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kaison
US Popularity History (2014–2025)
Annual US births named Kaison by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2020 with 653 boys named Kaison (boy rank #454 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #540 for boys (557 US births). That's 86 places below its 2020 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kaison Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kaison the strongest states are Hawaii, Mississippi, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | #201 | 26 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #209 | 159 |
| 3 | Alabama | #260 | 202 |
| 4 | Louisiana | #262 | 215 |
| 5 | Georgia | #311 | 353 |
| 6 | West Virginia | #325 | 24 |
| 7 | Arkansas | #341 | 84 |
| 8 | Idaho | #342 | 20 |
| 9 | South Carolina | #343 | 139 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #369 | 276 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #846 | 233 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #812 | 32 |
| 3 | New York | #763 | 150 |
| 4 | Illinois | #755 | 109 |
| 5 | Colorado | #750 | 34 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #744 | 51 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | #710 | 24 |
| 8 | Arizona | #693 | 60 |
| 9 | Maryland | #663 | 59 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #661 | 106 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kaison in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Kaison to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kaison against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).