How Many People Are Named Cain?
people named Cain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 46,482 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,628 babies named Cain in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
330 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "acquired" in Hebrew. In Genesis in the Old Testament Cain is the first son of Adam and Eve. He killed his brother Abel after God accepted Abel's offering of meat instead of his offering of plant-based foods. After this Cain was banished to be a wanderer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cain in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cain alive today is about 17 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cain first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 2014, to 330 babies. In 2025, 185 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #727, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #1,142.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,142 |
| Best rank | #727 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #805 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cain were born in California than in any other state: about 1,099 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Cain was given 3 times as often in Louisiana, 1.7 times in Arizona and 1.7 times in California.
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