Kane
Kane is ranked 431st among boys in 2024 (731 births). Its best rank was 319th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #431down 29 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7310.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20181,054 births
- Best rank
- #319in 2018
- Since 1953
- 18,818people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,818 boys have been named Kane in the United States since 1953, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 1,054 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 478 → 431).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2014, and the 2010s alone account for 37%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2018, its biggest year
Kane was the 319th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2018 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Oliver. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Kane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kainepeak 2017
- Kyreepeak 2017
- Hussainpeak 2024
- Akrampeak 2023
- Steelepeak 2017
- Leonardopeak 2019
- Jadpeak 2020
- Anaspeak 2016
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.