Kainen Boy
How popular is Kainen?
#2,990 boy name in 2025
41 baby boys were named Kainen in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
Kainen popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,990 for boys (▲ 613 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 41 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,275 in 2015, #2,046 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (100 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,625 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| 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 |
Kainen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cannon family of names ranked #299 for boys in 2025 (#310 the year before), with 1,137 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cannon | 374 | 33% |
| Kannon | 263 | 23% |
| Kanan | 194 | 17% |
| Canon | 64 | 6% |
| Kanon | 29 | 3% |
| Kainen | 41 | 4% |
| Kainan | 29 | 3% |
| Cainan | 32 | 3% |
| Kanen | 18 | 2% |
| Cainen | 11 | 1% |
| Kaynen | 7 | 1% |
| Kannan | 17 | 1% |
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 Kainen is most popular
Babies named Kainen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Kainen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Kainen
Questions
- Is Kainen a boy or girl name?
- Kainen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kainen were boys.
- How popular is the name Kainen?
- 41 baby boys were named Kainen in the US in 2025, making it the 2990th most popular boy name.
- When was Kainen most popular?
- Kainen peaked in 2018, when 100 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,625 in 2018.
- How many people are named Kainen?
- 1,316 babies have been named Kainen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,304 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kainen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kainen was most common in Kentucky, 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.