Kaysen — #597 US boys' name
5,865 babies named Kaysen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Kaysen was born in this single decade.
553 babies were named Kaysen in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaysen
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,865 babies named Kaysen between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaysen currently holds the #597 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 553 babies received it in a single year. Kaysen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 421 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaysen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,967 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaysen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 577 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaysen in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaysen 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 5,865 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.
Kaysen at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaysen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2022)
- 553
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #597 among boys.
5,865 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 553 births in a single year.
Kaysen popularity over time — girls
421 total births recorded since 2000 (Kaysen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kaysen accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaysen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,967 births that decade — 51% of Kaysen's all-time total
Kaysen decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,967 births
- Runner-up 2,526 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaysen's strongest decade
2,967 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Kaysen by state
Where Kaysen concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 577 | 9.8% |
| #2 | California | | 287 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 259 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 245 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 232 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 200 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Utah | | 180 | 3.1% |
| #8 | New York | | 176 | 3.0% |
577 of 5,865 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.8% of nationwide
- California 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaysen appears in 43 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, 1998–2024 (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.