Gender: Boy
Meaning: Rejoicing, healer
Origin: Modern English
Popularity: Ranked #597 in 2024 with 479 babies born.
History: Kaysen surged in the 2020s as a creative variant of Jason/Kayson. The name represents the newest wave of American naming innovation — familiar sounds rearranged into something that feels both recognizable and brand new. Kaysen is what happens when American parents treat naming like jazz: improvise on the standards.
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Kaysen? About 1 in 6,711 babies born in 2024 were named Kaysen, or roughly 1.4 per day in the United States.
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