Kainen
Kainen was the 3019th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1634th with 100 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 732 places. More babies were named Kainen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,019 boys, down 961 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 41boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018100 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,316babies recorded
Kainen popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,019 | 41 |
| 2020 | #2,058 | 69 |
| 2010 | #2,568 | 48 |
| 2000 | #4,294 | 18 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kainen, counting every spelling?
Kainen is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,139 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,019 for Kainen 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 Kainen?
41 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kainen (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kainen 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 204 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kainen.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kainen?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Kainen are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 18. That makes Kainen 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.
Kainen by state
How common Kainen 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 Kainen: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kainen, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kainen
How popular is the name Kainen?
Kainen was the 3019th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1634th with 100 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 732 places. More babies were named Kainen in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kainen a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kainen in the US.
Where is Kainen most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kainen was most common in Kentucky (0.06 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Texas.