Cayson — #764 US boys' name
6,068 babies named Cayson in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Cayson was born in this single decade.
525 babies were named Cayson in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cayson
The Social Security Administration has registered 6,068 babies named Cayson between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cayson currently holds the #764 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 525 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cayson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,498 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Cayson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 794 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Cayson in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cayson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 6,068 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cayson at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Cayson popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2016)
- 525
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #764 among boys.
6,068 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 525 births in a single year.
Cayson popularity over time — girls
48 total births recorded since 2003 (Cayson as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Cayson accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cayson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,498 births that decade — 58% of Cayson's all-time total
Cayson decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,498 births
- Runner-up 1,834 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Cayson's strongest decade
3,498 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Cayson by state
Where Cayson concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 794 | 13.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 343 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 304 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 272 | 4.5% |
| #5 | California | | 244 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 220 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 207 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 201 | 3.3% |
794 of 6,068 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.1% of nationwide
- Florida 5.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.0% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.5% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 39 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Cayson appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.