Kayne Boy
How popular is Kayne?
#2,641 boy name in 2025
49 baby boys were named Kayne in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
Kayne popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,641 for boys (▲ 194 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,001 in 2015, #1,563 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (119 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,414 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| 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 |
Kayne 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 Kayne is most popular
Babies named Kayne per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Kayne by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 52 | #2,944 |
| 1980s | 88 | #3,700 |
| 1990s | 319 | #1,855 |
| 2000s | 676 | #1,414 |
| 2010s | 856 | #1,523 |
| 2020s | 399 | #1,563 |
Boy names about as popular as Kayne
Questions
- Is Kayne a boy or girl name?
- Kayne is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kayne were boys.
- How popular is the name Kayne?
- 49 baby boys were named Kayne in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
- When was Kayne most popular?
- Kayne peaked in 2008, when 119 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,414 in 2008.
- How many people are named Kayne?
- 2,405 babies have been named Kayne in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,368 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Kayne most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kayne was most common in Kansas, 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.