Caine Boy
How popular is Caine?
#2,480 boy name in 2025
54 baby boys were named Caine in the US in 2025, making it the 2480th most popular boy name.
Caine popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,480 for boys (▼ 219 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 54 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,234 in 2015, #1,937 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (89 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,238 in 1973 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Caine counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kane family of names ranked #276 for boys in 2025 (#261 the year before), with 1,269 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kane | 695 | 55% |
| Cain | 185 | 15% |
| Kaine | 126 | 10% |
| Kain | 94 | 7% |
| Kayne | 49 | 4% |
| Caine | 54 | 4% |
| Can | 11 | 1% |
| Kayn | 20 | 2% |
| Cayne | 13 | 1% |
| Cane | 22 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Caine is most popular
Babies named Caine per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Caine by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1970s | 145 | #1,238 |
| 1980s | 103 | #2,896 |
| 1990s | 344 | #1,576 |
| 2000s | 505 | #1,708 |
| 2010s | 583 | #1,899 |
| 2020s | 419 | #1,832 |
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Questions
- Is Caine a boy or girl name?
- Caine is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Caine were boys.
- How popular is the name Caine?
- 54 baby boys were named Caine in the US in 2025, making it the 2480th most popular boy name.
- When was Caine most popular?
- Caine peaked in 2008, when 89 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,238 in 1973.
- How many people are named Caine?
- 2,104 babies have been named Caine in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,062 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Caine most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Caine was most common in Maryland, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.