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Kaine

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Kaine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 123 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
1230.01% of boys
Peak year
2017200 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1973
3,491people given the name
Babies named Kaine, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,491 boys have been named Kaine in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 200 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 38%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kaine
1970s62
1980s72
1990s487
2000s744
2010s1,327
2020s799

In 2017, its biggest year

Kaine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.

Names that rose and fell with Kaine

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.