Kain
#2,126 most common boys' name of all time · #5,089 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1973–2025
Rank among boys
#2,126
Rank overall
#5,089 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
3,750
Since 2016
1,276
Peak year
2016 #1,094
Best rank
#1,094 2016
Girls
Boys
peak 180/yr
Kain first appears in 1973. 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 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,735 |
| 2024 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,580 |
| 2023 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,659 |
| 2022 | — | 102 | 102 | #1,687 |
| 2021 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,320 |
| 2020 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,549 |
| 2019 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,397 |
| 2018 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,286 |
| 2017 | — | 168 | 168 | #1,135 |
| 2016 | — | 180 | 180 | #1,094 |
| 2015 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,393 |
| 2014 | — | 152 | 152 | #1,210 |
| 2013 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,282 |
| 2012 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,288 |
| 2011 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,340 |
| 2010 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,371 |
| 2009 | — | 109 | 109 | #1,525 |
| 2008 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,463 |
| 2007 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,533 |
| 2006 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,603 |
| 2005 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,552 |
| 2004 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,776 |
| 2003 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,302 |
| 2002 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,356 |
| 2001 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,351 |
| 2000 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,257 |
| 1999 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,270 |
| 1997 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,365 |
| 1996 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,312 |
| 1995 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,501 |
| 1994 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,749 |
| 1993 | — | 37 | 37 | #2,148 |
| 1992 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,185 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,139 |
| 1990 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,581 |
| 1989 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,011 |
| 1988 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,073 |
| 1987 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,462 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,720 |
| 1985 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,249 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,047 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,831 |
| 1982 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,499 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,850 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,869 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,736 |
| 1978 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,473 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,163 |
| 1974 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,690 |