Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kane

#831 most common boys' name of all time · #1,895 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1953–2025

Rank among boys
#831
Rank overall
#1,895 of 105,966
First appeared
1953
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
19,557
Since 2016
8,908
Peak year
2018 #319
Best rank
#319 2018
Girls Boys peak 1,055/yr
1960198020002020

Kane first appears in 1953. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 695 695 #451
2024 734 734 #432
2023 793 793 #402
2022 5 911 916 #361
2021 1,001 1,001 #329
2020 965 965 #338
2019 7 1,004 1,011 #334
2018 1,055 1,055 #319
2017 944 944 #354
2016 794 794 #402
2015 716 716 #428
2014 597 597 #478
2013 487 487 #544
2012 477 477 #547
2011 512 512 #506
2010 449 449 #565
2009 536 536 #504
2008 654 654 #438
2007 381 381 #639
2006 311 311 #705
2005 282 282 #721
2004 276 276 #701
2003 275 275 #695
2002 304 304 #640
2001 322 322 #609
2000 333 333 #595
1999 323 323 #593
1998 350 350 #563
1997 259 259 #644
1996 253 253 #659
1995 259 259 #648
1994 276 276 #628
1993 6 201 207 #735
1992 118 118 #1,002
1991 102 102 #1,078
1990 5 111 116 #1,005
1989 102 102 #1,020
1988 108 108 #920
1987 95 95 #971
1986 88 88 #989
1985 8 68 76 #1,131
1984 47 47 #1,393
1983 63 63 #1,140
1982 5 60 65 #1,203
1981 57 57 #1,221
1980 47 47 #1,389
1979 52 52 #1,287
1978 48 48 #1,318
1977 59 59 #1,143
1976 45 45 #1,328
1975 43 43 #1,340
1974 60 60 #1,069
1973 62 62 #1,035
1972 30 30 #1,596
1971 37 37 #1,411
1970 35 35 #1,434
1969 27 27 #1,602
1968 16 16 #2,094
1967 14 14 #2,233
1966 15 15 #2,121
1965 15 15 #2,167
1964 17 17 #2,034
1963 21 21 #1,789
1962 23 23 #1,711
1961 10 10 #2,881
1960 7 7 #3,616
1959 12 12 #2,525
1958 14 14 #2,258
1957 11 11 #2,626
1956 17 17 #2,012
1955 12 12 #2,431
1954 14 14 #2,206
1953 10 10 #2,708