Cain
#1,368 most common boys' name of all time · #3,277 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1910–2025
Rank among boys
#1,368
Rank overall
#3,277 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
7,628
Since 2016
2,529
Peak year
2014 #727
Best rank
#727 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 330/yr
Cain first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 185 | 185 | #1,142 |
| 2024 | — | 230 | 230 | #981 |
| 2023 | — | 250 | 250 | #922 |
| 2022 | — | 253 | 253 | #915 |
| 2021 | — | 235 | 235 | #956 |
| 2020 | — | 254 | 254 | #892 |
| 2019 | — | 285 | 285 | #806 |
| 2018 | — | 251 | 251 | #870 |
| 2017 | — | 262 | 262 | #844 |
| 2016 | — | 324 | 324 | #752 |
| 2015 | — | 326 | 326 | #742 |
| 2014 | — | 330 | 330 | #727 |
| 2013 | — | 285 | 285 | #792 |
| 2012 | — | 290 | 290 | #783 |
| 2011 | — | 254 | 254 | #845 |
| 2010 | — | 207 | 207 | #959 |
| 2009 | — | 200 | 200 | #988 |
| 2008 | — | 189 | 189 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,249 |
| 2006 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,242 |
| 2005 | — | 139 | 139 | #1,152 |
| 2004 | — | 126 | 126 | #1,210 |
| 2003 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,174 |
| 2002 | — | 150 | 150 | #1,022 |
| 2001 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,056 |
| 2000 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,050 |
| 1999 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,021 |
| 1998 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,052 |
| 1997 | — | 141 | 141 | #952 |
| 1996 | — | 133 | 133 | #964 |
| 1995 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,059 |
| 1994 | — | 146 | 146 | #902 |
| 1993 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,135 |
| 1992 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,436 |
| 1991 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,771 |
| 1990 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,879 |
| 1989 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,901 |
| 1988 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,713 |
| 1987 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,031 |
| 1986 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,550 |
| 1985 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,737 |
| 1984 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,816 |
| 1983 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,758 |
| 1982 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,402 |
| 1981 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,316 |
| 1980 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,736 |
| 1979 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,961 |
| 1978 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,405 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,922 |
| 1976 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,725 |
| 1975 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,803 |
| 1974 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,324 |
| 1973 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,451 |
| 1972 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,268 |
| 1971 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,302 |
| 1970 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,243 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,146 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,632 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,691 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,053 |
| 1963 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,932 |
| 1962 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,762 |
| 1960 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,436 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,639 |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,626 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,829 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,944 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,840 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,132 |
| 1948 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,871 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,059 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,699 |
| 1938 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,997 |
| 1937 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,785 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,407 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,406 |
| 1929 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,877 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,291 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,998 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,843 |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,962 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,977 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,853 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,210 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,191 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,525 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,191 |