Kason
Pronounced K AA1 S AH1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2019
- 52 years in use
- 7 spellings
How popular is Kason?
Kason is a boys' name, and first appears in 1973. It has been given to 42,821 children — the 524th most common boys' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 30% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2019, when 2,452 children were given it.
Seven other spellings are counted in that total — Cason, Kasen, Casen and four more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kason and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Cason
- Kasen
- Casen
- Kasson
- Casson
- Kassen
- Kassan
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K AA1 S AH1 N · K AA1 S EH1 N · K AE1 S AH0 N · K AH1 S EH1 N · S IY1 EY1 S EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 11 · 10 · 11 · 111
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kason
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kason
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kason?
- Kason ranks 524th among boys' names in US records, with 42,821 births since 1973. Over the past decade it accounts for 21,894.
- Is Kason a unisex name?
- No. Kason is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kason most popular?
- 2019, when 2,452 children were given the name. It has been in use for 52 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kason spelled?
- Cason, Kasen, Casen, Kasson, Casson, Kassen, Kassan. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.