Kainan
Kainan was the 3808th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2020th with 72 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 337 places. More babies were named Kainan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,808 boys, down 754 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 29boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201872 babies
- Total since 1880
- 906babies recorded
Kainan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,808 | 29 |
| 2020 | #3,054 | 38 |
| 2010 | #3,211 | 35 |
| 2000 | #5,443 | 13 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Kainan, counting every spelling?
Kainan is a spelling of Kainen, a name family that ranked #1,139 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,808 for Kainan on its own. Together these spellings went to 169 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kainen | 41 | #3,019 | 234 |
| Kainan | 29 | #3,808 | 209 |
| Cainan | 32 | #3,526 | 157 |
| Kaynan | 18 | #5,312 | 106 |
| Kaynen | 7 | #10,201 | 89 |
| Cainen | 11 | #7,274 | 69 |
| Kaenan | 6 | #11,313 | 45 |
| Kainon | 7 | #10,180 | 28 |
| Cainon | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kainan?
29 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kainan (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kainan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 291 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kainan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kainan?
About 900 people born in the US named Kainan are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 18. That makes Kainan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kainan by state
How common Kainan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kainan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kainan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kainan
How popular is the name Kainan?
Kainan was the 3808th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 29 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2020th with 72 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 337 places. More babies were named Kainan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kainan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kainan in the US.
Where is Kainan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kainan was most common in Kentucky (0.10 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Florida.