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Kaisen

Kaisen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sea; change”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
KYE-sen · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

As a Japanese name, Kaisen can be written with different kanji, so meanings vary by characters chosen. It is also sometimes used in the West independently of Japanese naming tradition. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Kaisen?

202480.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Kaisen in 2024267

2024 rank#900 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,326

Kaisen is rising: use over the last five years is 4.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Kaisen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Kobegod's door · Japanese
  • Raidenthunder and lightning · Japanese
  • Kodauncertain · Japanese
  • Roninmasterless samurai · Japanese
  • Kaizenimprovement; change for better · Japanese
  • Kenzohealthy and three · Japanese
  • Kenjihealthy second son · Japanese
  • Zenmeditation · Japanese

Kaisen questions

What does the name Kaisen mean?

Kaisen means "sea; change". It comes from Japanese. As a Japanese name, Kaisen can be written with different kanji, so meanings vary by characters chosen. It is also sometimes used in the West independently of Japanese naming tradition.

Is Kaisen a boy or girl name?

Kaisen is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kaisen?

267 US babies were named Kaisen in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Kaisen?

Kaisen is usually pronounced KYE-sen.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.