Kane
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #451 for boys in 2025, 695 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 1,055 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 19,521since 1953
Kane over time
Rank among boys' names. Kane has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #451 | 695 | |
| 2024 | — | #431 | 734 | |
| 2023 | — | #402 | 793 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #361 | 911 |
| 2021 | — | #329 | 1,001 | |
| 2020 | — | #337 | 965 | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #334 | 1,004 |
| 2018 | — | #319 | 1,055 | |
| 2017 | — | #354 | 944 | |
| 2016 | — | #402 | 794 | |
| 2015 | — | #428 | 716 | |
| 2014 | — | #477 | 597 | |
| 2013 | — | #544 | 487 | |
| 2012 | — | #547 | 477 | |
| 2011 | — | #505 | 512 | |
| 2010 | — | #563 | 449 | |
| 2009 | — | #503 | 536 | |
| 2008 | — | #438 | 654 | |
| 2007 | — | #639 | 381 | |
| 2006 | — | #705 | 311 | |
| 2005 | — | #720 | 282 | |
| 2004 | — | #700 | 276 | |
| 2003 | — | #694 | 275 | |
| 2002 | — | #640 | 304 | |
| 2001 | — | #609 | 322 | |
| 2000 | — | #593 | 333 | |
| 1999 | — | #593 | 323 | |
| 1998 | — | #563 | 350 | |
| 1997 | — | #642 | 259 | |
| 1996 | — | #658 | 253 | |
| 1995 | — | #647 | 259 | |
| 1994 | — | #628 | 276 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #735 | 201 |
| 1992 | — | #997 | 118 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,077 | 102 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,000 | 111 |
| 1989 | — | #1,016 | 102 | |
| 1988 | — | #916 | 108 | |
| 1987 | — | #968 | 95 | |
| 1986 | — | #983 | 88 | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #1,125 | 68 |
| 1984 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,130 | 63 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,193 | 60 |
| 1981 | — | #1,207 | 57 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,378 | 47 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,299 | 48 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,127 | 59 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,320 | 45 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,322 | 43 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,065 | 60 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,023 | 62 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,566 | 30 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,400 | 37 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,416 | 35 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,975 | 17 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,744 | 21 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,669 | 23 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,494 | 11 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,114 | 14 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kane! It came in at #2,531, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Kane is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#506 · 1 in 5,971
- North Carolina#575 · 1 in 6,788
- Pennsylvania#610 · 1 in 10,285
- Georgia#779 · 1 in 10,032
- Illinois#1,023 · 1 in 17,844
Best ever in a state: #107 in South Dakota, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #506 | 6 | 1 in 5,971 |
| North Carolina | #575 | 7 | 1 in 6,788 |
| Pennsylvania | #610 | 8 | 1 in 10,285 |
| Georgia | #779 | 5 | 1 in 10,032 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 5 | 1 in 17,844 |
| New York | #1,273 | 6 | 1 in 23,141 |
| Texas | #1,409 | 5 | 1 in 30,647 |
| California | #1,443 | 9 | 1 in 32,253 |
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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 Kane
- 20 spots since 2024 (#431 → #451)
- 114 spots since 2020 (#337 → #451)
- 23 spots since 2015 (#428 → #451)
- Biggest jump: 262 spots in 1993 (#997 → #735)
- Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1989 (#916 → #1,016)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2018 at #319 (1,055 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,721 boys born in 2018 were named Kane (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,458 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 36.0% of all boys named Kane (7,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 90 | #1,945 (1956) | #2,282 |
| 1960s | 165 | #1,570 (1969) | #2,130 |
| 1970s | 471 | #1,023 (1973) | #1,281 |
| 1980s | 735 | #916 (1988) | #1,130 |
| 1990s | 2,252 | #563 (1998) | #754 |
| 2000s | 3,674 | #438 (2008) | #624 |
| 2010s | 7,035 | #319 (2018) | #447 |
| 2020s | 5,099 | #329 (2021) | #385 |
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.
Kane in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 379,709 of them was named Kane, which outranked 14.9% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,276 names at #12,958; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 18,505 of them was named Kane, which outranked 89.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #995Jory112
- #995Tate112
- #1,000Kane111
- #1,000Deante111
- #1,000Denis111
- #1,000Denver111
- #1,008Adrien110
- #1,008Dedrick110
- #1,008Dontrell110
Tied with 7 names at #1,000; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.