Kain
#1,728 for boys in 2025, 94 births
- Peak · boys
- 2016 · 180 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,750since 1973
Kain over time
Rank among boys' names. Kain has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,728 | 94 |
| 2024 | #1,573 | 110 |
| 2023 | #1,650 | 104 |
| 2022 | #1,678 | 102 |
| 2021 | #1,320 | 141 |
| 2020 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #1,394 | 127 |
| 2018 | #1,282 | 143 |
| 2017 | #1,132 | 168 |
| 2016 | #1,090 | 180 |
| 2015 | #1,388 | 124 |
| 2014 | #1,205 | 152 |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 136 |
| 2012 | #1,285 | 136 |
| 2011 | #1,331 | 127 |
| 2010 | #1,368 | 124 |
| 2009 | #1,518 | 109 |
| 2008 | #1,452 | 113 |
| 2007 | #1,527 | 103 |
| 2006 | #1,596 | 91 |
| 2005 | #1,546 | 91 |
| 2004 | #1,763 | 71 |
| 2003 | #1,296 | 108 |
| 2002 | #1,346 | 98 |
| 2001 | #1,345 | 96 |
| 2000 | #1,253 | 105 |
| 1999 | #1,249 | 99 |
| 1998 | #1,261 | 96 |
| 1997 | #1,350 | 82 |
| 1996 | #1,303 | 84 |
| 1995 | #1,491 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,734 | 51 |
| 1993 | #2,123 | 37 |
| 1992 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
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| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
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| 1974 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kain! It came in at #3,445, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kain is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#602 · 1 in 3,223
- Minnesota#629 · 1 in 3,868
- Missouri#750 · 1 in 5,101
- Tennessee#758 · 1 in 5,181
- Washington#768 · 1 in 5,079
Best ever in a state: #274 in Idaho, 1996.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #602 | 6 | 1 in 3,223 |
| Minnesota | #629 | 7 | 1 in 3,868 |
| Missouri | #750 | 6 | 1 in 5,101 |
| Tennessee | #758 | 7 | 1 in 5,181 |
| Washington | #768 | 7 | 1 in 5,079 |
| Arizona | #774 | 6 | 1 in 5,771 |
| Pennsylvania | #856 | 8 | 1 in 7,276 |
| Michigan | #873 | 7 | 1 in 6,632 |
| Indiana | #915 | 5 | 1 in 6,890 |
| California | #960 | 23 | 1 in 9,379 |
| Texas | #986 | 20 | 1 in 8,808 |
| Ohio | #1,074 | 6 | 1 in 9,727 |
| Illinois | #1,180 | 6 | 1 in 10,322 |
| Florida | #1,362 | 7 | 1 in 13,810 |
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See more about Kain
- 155 spots since 2024 (#1,573 → #1,728)
- 189 spots since 2020 (#1,539 → #1,728)
- 340 spots since 2015 (#1,388 → #1,728)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2016 at #1,090 (180 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,543 boys born in 2016 were named Kain (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,171 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 37.8% of all boys named Kain (1,417) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 43 | #2,799 (1974) | #4,078 |
| 1980s | 87 | #3,630 (1983) | #4,741 |
| 1990s | 560 | #1,249 (1999) | #2,203 |
| 2000s | 985 | #1,253 (2000) | #1,464 |
| 2010s | 1,417 | #1,090 (2016) | #1,275 |
| 2020s | 658 | #1,320 (2021) | #1,581 |
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.
Kain in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 11,018 of them was named Kain, which outranked 92.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Benedict169
- #1,129Dhruv169
- #1,129Garrison169
- #1,132Kain168
- #1,132Bilal168
- #1,132Derick168
- #1,132Jenson168
- #1,138Lucien167
- #1,138Milton167
- #1,138Urijah167
Tied with 5 names at #1,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.