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Kyson vs Kyssac

American parents have registered 9,961 Kysons since 1880, against 45 Kyssacs. Kyson is still ahead, with 648 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Kyson against Kyssac, 1880 to 2025 0 200 400 600 800 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Kyson Kyssac

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Kyson has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1985 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.

The closest they came was 2025, when Kyson had 648 and Kyssac had 45.

Side by side

  Kyson Kyssac
Total US births 9,96145
Most in one year 75845
Babies in 2025 64845
Estimated living today 9,90050
Median age today 70
Peak year 20232025
Best rank 417th boys2,798th boys
Rank in 2025 471st2,798th
First recorded 19852025
Girls / boys 0 / 9,9610 / 45

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Kysons alive today are over 7; half the Kyssacs have not had a first birthday. That is 7 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Kyson and Kyssac.