Kaiston — #4177 US boys' name
80 babies named Kaiston in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Kaiston was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Kaiston in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaiston
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Kaiston between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaiston currently holds the #4177 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaiston performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kaiston shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaiston in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaiston 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 80 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.
Kaiston at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaiston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2024)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #4177 among boys.
80 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 26 births in a single year.
Kaiston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 50 births that decade — 63% of Kaiston's all-time total
Kaiston decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaiston's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Kaiston by state
Where Kaiston concentrates geographically — total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2012–2024 (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.