Boys' name · since 1980
Kison
69 babies named Kison in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
69 babies have been named Kison since 1980, making it today's #11016 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kison has been recorded 69 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #11016 nationally and more common than 21% 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 1980 to 2025.
- #19,932 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,016 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 69 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kison ranks #19,932 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,016 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 69 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,932 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 69
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kison's 69 recorded births place it above 56.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kison compares
69 21st 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
Kison's all-time total is 81% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kison | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 69 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kison's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kison popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kison by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Kison's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (51% of all-time use).
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Similar record span (~45 yrs)
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, 1980–2025 (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 Kison 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.