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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#156 · 1 in 539
- Nebraska#161 · 1 in 554
- Montana#169 · 1 in 515
- Hawaii#172 · 1 in 548
- Delaware#174 · 1 in 537
Best ever in a state: #107 in South Dakota, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #156 | 14 | 1 in 539 |
| Nebraska | #161 | 17 | 1 in 554 |
| Montana | #169 | 7 | 1 in 515 |
| Hawaii | #172 | 7 | 1 in 548 |
| Delaware | #174 | 6 | 1 in 537 |
| Iowa | #199 | 19 | 1 in 756 |
| Oklahoma | #210 | 25 | 1 in 753 |
| Louisiana | #211 | 28 | 1 in 816 |
| North Dakota | #212 | 6 | 1 in 649 |
| New Hampshire | #214 | 5 | 1 in 851 |
| Michigan | #216 | 49 | 1 in 937 |
| Mississippi | #226 | 15 | 1 in 866 |
| Missouri | #230 | 33 | 1 in 920 |
| Maine | #235 | 5 | 1 in 847 |
| Wisconsin | #243 | 25 | 1 in 1,029 |
| Ohio | #246 | 53 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Indiana | #262 | 31 | 1 in 1,096 |
| Idaho | #272 | 8 | 1 in 971 |
| Georgia | #275 | 41 | 1 in 1,273 |
| Kansas | #280 | 13 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Arkansas | #291 | 12 | 1 in 1,127 |
| Illinois | #294 | 43 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Nevada | #300 | 11 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Pennsylvania | #300 | 38 | 1 in 1,507 |
| Kentucky | #306 | 16 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Minnesota | #306 | 20 | 1 in 1,333 |
| Florida | #307 | 64 | 1 in 1,497 |
| Washington | #311 | 25 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Arizona | #318 | 25 | 1 in 1,368 |
| South Carolina | #320 | 15 | 1 in 1,393 |
| Maryland | #326 | 17 | 1 in 1,552 |
| Oregon | #355 | 11 | 1 in 1,511 |
| New Mexico | #358 | 5 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Tennessee | #382 | 19 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Texas | #391 | 88 | 1 in 1,987 |
| California | #400 | 89 | 1 in 2,320 |
| Utah | #408 | 11 | 1 in 1,773 |
| New York | #413 | 40 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Connecticut | #415 | 6 | 1 in 2,313 |
| Virginia | #415 | 19 | 1 in 2,144 |
| North Carolina | #445 | 21 | 1 in 2,389 |
| Colorado | #449 | 12 | 1 in 2,150 |
| Alabama | #454 | 10 | 1 in 2,262 |
| New Jersey | #507 | 13 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Massachusetts | #517 | 8 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,721 of them was named Kane, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.