Fun Facts About the Name Kyson
- More than 9 thousand babies named Kyson: U.S. records list 9,953 babies given the name Kyson from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kyson Mean?
Kyson is a modern English given name whose meaning is not securely established; no earlier word or personal name from English or another language has been confirmed as its source. It is usually grouped with the large set of English-language names ending in -son, such as Tyson, Bryson, and Grayson, and may have been formed on that pattern. A resemblance to those names, however, does not establish a shared origin. Some popular accounts gloss Kyson as "son of Ky," treating Ky as a short form of a longer personal name, but no documented name Ky stands behind it, so that explanation is a customary guess rather than a literal etymology.
Kyson Name History & Origins
Kyson belongs to the group of -son names that became common in English-speaking countries during the later 20th century, alongside forms such as Jayson, Bryson, and Tyson. It is used chiefly in the United States, where it entered wider use as a boy's name in the late 1900s and spread in the early 2000s. The name is sometimes described as a variant or a K- respelling of similar-sounding names, but no single parent name has been confirmed, and the spelling with Ky- is simply one of several that circulated together. Because its written record as a given name is recent and its derivation is undocumented, claims of a specific Old English, Cornish, or biblical root should be treated with caution.
How Popular is the Name Kyson?
Kyson recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2023. Its best rank was #420 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #471 | 648 | 0.0379% |
| 2024 | #465 | 665 | 0.0388% |
| 2023 | #420 | 755 | 0.0442% |
| 2022 | #482 | 644 | 0.0369% |
| 2021 | #470 | 634 | 0.0363% |
| 2020 | #461 | 643 | 0.0373% |
| 2019 | #443 | 688 | 0.0384% |
| 2018 | #467 | 622 | 0.0343% |
| 2017 | #433 | 713 | 0.0385% |
| 2016 | #528 | 559 | 0.0295% |
| 2015 | #531 | 536 | 0.0280% |
| 2014 | #638 | 412 | 0.0215% |
| 2013 | #703 | 338 | 0.0179% |
| 2012 | #709 | 335 | 0.0177% |
| 2011 | #744 | 305 | 0.0161% |
| 2010 | #827 | 259 | 0.0135% |
| 2009 | #907 | 228 | 0.0115% |
| 2008 | #943 | 215 | 0.0105% |
| 2007 | #1,094 | 167 | 0.0080% |
| 2006 | #1,384 | 116 | 0.0056% |
| 2005 | #1,849 | 70 | 0.0035% |
| 2004 | #1,738 | 73 | 0.0037% |
| 2003 | #1,898 | 62 | 0.0031% |
| 2002 | #3,058 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2001 | #2,328 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2000 | #2,557 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 1999 | #3,921 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1998 | #3,659 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #3,822 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #4,114 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #7,449 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #5,295 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1993 | #5,604 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #4,237 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1991 | #6,960 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,625 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #7,493 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #4,624 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1985 | #4,536 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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