Kane Boy
How popular is Kane?
#451 boy name in 2025
695 baby boys were named Kane in the US in 2025, making it the 451st most popular boy name.
Kane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #451 for boys (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 695 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #428 in 2015, #337 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (1,055 boys) |
| Highest rank | #319 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kane 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 Kane is most popular
Babies named Kane per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 1.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- West Virginia: 1.1 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.0 per 1,000 (101 boys)
- Iowa: 0.9 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Indiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (146 boys)
Kane by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 90 | #1,944 |
| 1960s | 165 | #1,569 |
| 1970s | 471 | #1,023 |
| 1980s | 735 | #915 |
| 1990s | 2,252 | #563 |
| 2000s | 3,674 | #438 |
| 2010s | 7,035 | #319 |
| 2020s | 5,099 | #329 |
Boy names about as popular as Kane
Questions
- Is Kane a boy or girl name?
- Kane is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kane were boys.
- How popular is the name Kane?
- 695 baby boys were named Kane in the US in 2025, making it the 451st most popular boy name.
- When was Kane most popular?
- Kane peaked in 2018, when 1,055 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #319 in 2018.
- How many people are named Kane?
- 19,557 babies have been named Kane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,243 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kane was most common in Hawaii, at 1.2 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.