Cainan
#4,745 most common boys' name of all time · #11,691 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1981–2025
Rank among boys
#4,745
Rank overall
#11,691 of 105,966
First appeared
1981
Years on the list
43 of 146
All-time
1,024
Since 2016
350
Peak year
2016 #2,650
Best rank
#2,650 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 47/yr
Cainan first appears in 1981. 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 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,547 |
| 2024 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,313 |
| 2023 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,943 |
| 2022 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,250 |
| 2021 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 2020 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,855 |
| 2019 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,830 |
| 2018 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,340 |
| 2017 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,920 |
| 2016 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,650 |
| 2015 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2014 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2012 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,415 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,167 |
| 2010 | — | 34 | 34 | #3,278 |
| 2009 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,081 |
| 2008 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2007 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,954 |
| 2006 | — | 40 | 40 | #2,856 |
| 2005 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,144 |
| 2004 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,724 |
| 2003 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,900 |
| 2002 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,752 |
| 2001 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,927 |
| 2000 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,504 |
| 1999 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,084 |
| 1998 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,568 |
| 1997 | — | 24 | 24 | #3,135 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,413 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,022 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,431 |
| 1993 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,264 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,009 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,019 |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,931 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,613 |
| 1988 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,020 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,981 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,385 |
| 1984 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,498 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,876 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,502 |