How Many People Are Named Cainan?
people named Cainan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 338,736 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,024 babies named Cainan in Social Security records from 1981 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
47 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of KENAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Cainan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Cainan alive today is about 16 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Cainan first appears in the records in 1981 and was given most often in 2016, to 47 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1981 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Cainan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,631, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #3,525.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,525 |
| Best rank | #2,631 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,297 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Cainan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Cainan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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