Cain
#1,141 for boys in 2025, 185 births
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 330 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,628since 1910
Cain over time
Rank among boys' names. Cain has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,141 | 185 |
| 2024 | #980 | 230 |
| 2023 | #921 | 250 |
| 2022 | #913 | 253 |
| 2021 | #956 | 235 |
| 2020 | #892 | 254 |
| 2019 | #806 | 285 |
| 2018 | #870 | 251 |
| 2017 | #843 | 262 |
| 2016 | #750 | 324 |
| 2015 | #742 | 326 |
| 2014 | #727 | 330 |
| 2013 | #792 | 285 |
| 2012 | #782 | 290 |
| 2011 | #845 | 254 |
| 2010 | #958 | 207 |
| 2009 | #988 | 200 |
| 2008 | #1,014 | 189 |
| 2007 | #1,246 | 141 |
| 2006 | #1,239 | 135 |
| 2005 | #1,150 | 139 |
| 2004 | #1,206 | 126 |
| 2003 | #1,173 | 127 |
| 2002 | #1,022 | 150 |
| 2001 | #1,053 | 137 |
| 2000 | #1,048 | 137 |
| 1999 | #1,019 | 136 |
| 1998 | #1,050 | 128 |
| 1997 | #951 | 141 |
| 1996 | #962 | 133 |
| 1995 | #1,053 | 113 |
| 1994 | #902 | 146 |
| 1993 | #1,132 | 99 |
| 1992 | #1,429 | 64 |
| 1991 | #1,768 | 45 |
| 1990 | #1,870 | 41 |
| 1989 | #1,891 | 39 |
| 1988 | #1,706 | 41 |
| 1987 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #1,535 | 43 |
| 1985 | #1,724 | 35 |
| 1984 | #1,796 | 31 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,395 | 46 |
| 1981 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #1,943 | 27 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #1,711 | 30 |
| 1975 | #1,787 | 27 |
| 1974 | #1,311 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,858 | 9 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | — | |
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| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | — | |
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| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,964 | 7 |
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| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | — | |
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| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #3,741 | 6 |
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| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
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| 1915 | #3,392 | 6 |
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| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
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| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Cain! It came in at #1,118, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1911–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Cain is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#234 · 1 in 696
- Louisiana#530 · 1 in 2,415
- Iowa#573 · 1 in 2,811
- Wisconsin#603 · 1 in 3,475
- Michigan#613 · 1 in 3,581
Best ever in a state: #234 in Montana, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #234 | 5 | 1 in 696 |
| Louisiana | #530 | 9 | 1 in 2,415 |
| Iowa | #573 | 5 | 1 in 2,811 |
| Wisconsin | #603 | 7 | 1 in 3,475 |
| Michigan | #613 | 12 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Arizona | #683 | 8 | 1 in 4,078 |
| South Carolina | #696 | 5 | 1 in 4,051 |
| California | #702 | 38 | 1 in 4,984 |
| Missouri | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Georgia | #830 | 10 | 1 in 5,037 |
| Pennsylvania | #850 | 9 | 1 in 6,162 |
| Washington | #873 | 6 | 1 in 5,567 |
| Texas | #909 | 25 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Ohio | #1,002 | 7 | 1 in 7,745 |
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Florida | #1,072 | 11 | 1 in 8,433 |
| Illinois | #1,296 | 5 | 1 in 10,781 |
| New York | #1,442 | 7 | 1 in 12,733 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cain
- 161 spots since 2024 (#980 → #1,141)
- 249 spots since 2020 (#892 → #1,141)
- 399 spots since 2015 (#742 → #1,141)
- Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1994 (#1,132 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 161 spots in 2025 (#980 → #1,141)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 2014 at #727 (330 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2009–2024
- Highest: 1 in 5,821 boys born in 2014 were named Cain (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,233 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 36.9% of all boys named Cain (2,814) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #1,118 (1910) | #2,680 |
| 1920s | 51 | #2,765 (1920) | #3,438 |
| 1930s | 35 | #2,609 (1939) | #2,940 |
| 1940s | 15 | #2,788 (1948) | #2,876 |
| 1950s | 38 | #2,743 (1954) | #3,386 |
| 1960s | 73 | #2,465 (1966) | #3,143 |
| 1970s | 257 | #1,311 (1974) | #1,920 |
| 1980s | 380 | #1,309 (1981) | #1,685 |
| 1990s | 1,046 | #902 (1994) | #1,214 |
| 2000s | 1,481 | #988 (2009) | #1,114 |
| 2010s | 2,814 | #727 (2014) | #812 |
| 2020s | 1,407 | #892 (2020) | #967 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Cain in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 7,445 of them was named Cain, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.