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Caine

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Caine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 63 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
630.00% of boys
Peak year
200889 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1968
2,050people given the name
Babies named Caine, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,050 boys have been named Caine in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 89 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2008, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2008, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Caine
1960s5
1970s145
1980s103
1990s344
2000s505
2010s583
2020s365

In 2008, its biggest year

Caine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2008 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2008.

Names that rose and fell with Caine

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.