How Many People Are Named Kain?
people named Kain are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 92,499 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,750 babies named Kain in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
180 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of CAIN used in the Greek Old Testament.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kain in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kain alive today is about 15 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kain first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2016, to 180 babies. In 2025, 94 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kain has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,093, in 2016. In 2025 it ranked #1,738.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,738 |
| Best rank | #1,093 (2016) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,255 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kain alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kain were born in California than in any other state: about 399 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kain was given 3 times as often in Louisiana, 2.2 times in Indiana and 2 times in Ohio.
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