Boys' name · since 2009

Kaisan

Kaisan has 111 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#16,736 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,723 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
111
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade

Kaisan currently ranks #8723 among boys' names in America, with 111 babies recorded since 2009.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaisan has been recorded 111 times among boys since 2009, currently ranked #8723 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.

  • #16,736 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #8,723 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 111 born since 2009
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaisan ranks #16,736 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,723 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 111 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.

#16,736 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#8,723 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
111
born since 2009
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%37.3%
Kaisan vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kaisan's 111 recorded births place it above 63.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kaisan compares

111 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Kaisan's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kaisan Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 111 369 358,536
Peak-year births 13 34 22,252

Kaisan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Kaisan's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Kaisan popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
13
Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
468101214 20092012201520172020202220242025 9

Kaisan by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 50% of the file).

2020s was Kaisan's strongest decade.

56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.

Kaisan births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (50% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaisan?
Kaisan has been given to 111 babies in the U.S. since 2009, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #16,736 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #8,723 of 13,930. 13 babies were born in 2020, its single highest year.
Where does Kaisan sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaisan ranks #16,736 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,723 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kaisan most popular?
Kaisan was most popular in the 2020s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
How long has the name Kaisan been used?
The SSA has tracked Kaisan since 2009 -- 17 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Kaisan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kai, Kaiden, Kairo, Kaison, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kaisan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaisan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.