Cain
Cain is ranked 974th among boys in 2024 (230 births). Its best rank was 726th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #974down 54 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2300.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014330 births
- Best rank
- #726in 2014
- Since 1910
- 7,441people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,441 boys have been named Cain in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 330 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 726 → 974).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Cain | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 51 | |
| 1930s | 35 | |
| 1940s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 38 | |
| 1960s | 73 | |
| 1970s | 257 | |
| 1980s | 380 | |
| 1990s | 1,046 | |
| 2000s | 1,480 | |
| 2010s | 2,813 | |
| 2020s | 1,222 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Cain was the 726th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Cain
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Abdullahpeak 2014
- Tuckerpeak 2014
- Ismailpeak 2016
- Abielpeak 2024
- Lucaspeak 2017
- Anderspeak 2014
- Bransonpeak 2014
- Ameerpeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.