Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kason

#954 most common boys' name of all time · #2,212 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#954
Rank overall
#2,212 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
14,951
Since 2016
7,199
Peak year
2019 #362
Best rank
#362 2019
Girls Boys peak 899/yr
198020002020

Kason first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 480 480 #597
2024 — 518 518 #567
2023 — 587 587 #511
2022 — 645 645 #480
2021 — 725 725 #428
2020 — 851 851 #367
2019 — 899 899 #362
2018 — 794 794 #401
2017 6 806 812 #396
2016 9 879 888 #374
2015 — 817 817 #390
2014 — 869 869 #365
2013 6 861 867 #365
2012 — 770 770 #387
2011 5 680 685 #416
2010 — 543 543 #482
2009 5 564 569 #483
2008 — 417 417 #602
2007 — 359 359 #670
2006 6 281 287 #755
2005 5 203 208 #891
2004 — 170 170 #984
2003 — 155 155 #1,021
2002 — 111 111 #1,235
2001 — 100 100 #1,313
2000 — 96 96 #1,338
1999 5 94 99 #1,302
1998 — 71 71 #1,534
1997 — 58 58 #1,703
1996 — 57 57 #1,685
1995 — 38 38 #2,169
1994 — 37 37 #2,208
1993 — 42 42 #1,964
1992 — 24 24 #2,891
1991 — 28 28 #2,530
1990 — 32 32 #2,252
1989 — 33 33 #2,150
1988 — 24 24 #2,504
1987 — 30 30 #2,056
1986 — 20 20 #2,672
1985 — 15 15 #3,191
1984 — 20 20 #2,521
1983 — 11 11 #3,839
1982 — 15 15 #3,089
1981 — 18 18 #2,673
1980 — 16 16 #2,954
1979 — 8 8 #4,761
1978 — 10 10 #3,834
1977 — 7 7 #5,032
1976 — 6 6 #5,467
1975 — 5 5 #6,114
1974 — 5 5 #5,919