Kaine

Peak · boys
2017 · 200 births
Debut · boys
17 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,621
since 1973

Kaine over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kaine has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,010, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,425126
2024#1,472123
2023#1,248155
2022#1,171174
2021#1,125181
2020#1,153168
2019#1,127173
2018#1,111176
2017#1,010200
2016#1,183160
2015#1,359128
2014#1,465111
2013#1,56899
2012#1,78783
2011#1,561101
2010#1,59998
2009#1,556105
2008#1,445114
2007#1,74185
2006#1,87772
2005#1,94365
2004#2,37647
2003#1,90661
2002#1,66071
2001#1,84160
2000#1,74264
1999#1,73359
1998#1,40681
1997#1,59963
1996#1,37577
1995#1,49164
1994#1,45466
1993#2,78625
1992#2,67026
1991#3,81315
1990#4,67311
1989#4,27112
1988#3,91512
1987#4,23910
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1985#6,5235
1984#4,5528
1983#4,9077
1982#4,5938
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1980#3,83810
1979#4,8427
1978#5,0596
1977#3,8369
1976#5,5875
1975#4,3097
1974#3,12011
1973#2,31117
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Kaine! It came in at #2,311, and was given to 17 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kaine is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,113 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,039 boysMINew York: #1,576 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,070 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,299 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,534 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedVAMaryland: #809 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,579 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedDEArizona: #927 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,545 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedARTennessee: #1,040 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,354 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,277 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,294 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,350 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,044 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kaine, so not publishedHITexas: #1,094 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 8,753 boysTXFlorida: #1,353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,942 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#809 · 1 in 4,579
  2. Arizona#927 · 1 in 6,545
  3. Tennessee#1,040 · 1 in 7,354
  4. Texas#1,094 · 1 in 8,753
  5. Michigan#1,113 · 1 in 8,039

Best ever in a state: #245 in South Dakota, 2015.

Show every state
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Maryland#80951 in 4,579
Arizona#92751 in 6,545
Tennessee#1,04051 in 7,354
Texas#1,094201 in 8,753
Michigan#1,11351 in 8,039
North Carolina#1,27751 in 10,294
California#1,299141 in 12,534
Georgia#1,35051 in 10,044
Florida#1,35381 in 11,942
New York#1,57661 in 14,070
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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.

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See more about Kaine
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#1,472 → #1,425)
  • 272 spots since 2020 (#1,153 → #1,425)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 2017 at #1,010 (200 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,255
  • Highest: 1 in 9,255 boys born in 2017 were named Kaine (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.7% of all boys named Kaine (1,329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s62#2,311 (1973)#4,152
1980s72#3,838 (1980)#4,605
1990s487#1,375 (1996)#2,300
2000s744#1,445 (2008)#1,809
2010s1,329#1,010 (2017)#1,377
2020s927#1,125 (2021)#1,266

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.

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