Kane

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #451 for boys in 2025, 695 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2018 · 1,055 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
19,521
since 1953

Kane over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kane has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #319, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#451695
2024#431734
2023#402793
2022#15,3065#361911
2021#3291,001
2020#337965
2019#12,4487#3341,004
2018#3191,055
2017#354944
2016#402794
2015#428716
2014#477597
2013#544487
2012#547477
2011#505512
2010#563449
2009#503536
2008#438654
2007#639381
2006#705311
2005#720282
2004#700276
2003#694275
2002#640304
2001#609322
2000#593333
1999#593323
1998#563350
1997#642259
1996#658253
1995#647259
1994#628276
1993#11,7806#735201
1992#997118
1991#1,077102
1990#12,9585#1,000111
1989#1,016102
1988#916108
1987#96895
1986#98388
1985#7,5638#1,12568
1984#1,38247
1983#1,13063
1982#10,5175#1,19360
1981#1,20757
1980#1,37847
1979#1,27052
1978#1,29948
1977#1,12759
1976#1,32045
1975#1,32243
1974#1,06560
1973#1,02362
1972#1,56630
1971#1,40037
1970#1,41635
1969#1,57027
1968#2,03016
1967#2,13914
1966#2,04315
1965#2,08415
1964#1,97517
1963#1,74421
1962#1,66923
1961#2,70610
1960#3,3377
1959#2,41412
1958#2,17714
1957#2,49411
1956#1,94517
1955#2,30212
1954#2,11414
1953#2,53110
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Kane! It came in at #2,531, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1960–1961, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Kane is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMNIllinois: #755 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,921 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedSDIowa: #306 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,538 boysIAIndiana: #394 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,849 boysINOhio: #522 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,546 boysOHPennsylvania: #733 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,824 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,139 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 22,931 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kane, so not publishedHITexas: #1,108 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 20,587 boysTXFlorida: #948 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,893 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#306 · 1 in 3,538
  2. Indiana#394 · 1 in 4,849
  3. Ohio#522 · 1 in 8,546
  4. Pennsylvania#733 · 1 in 15,824
  5. Illinois#755 · 1 in 11,921

Best ever in a state: #107 in South Dakota, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#30651 in 3,538
Indiana#39481 in 4,849
Ohio#52291 in 8,546
Pennsylvania#73351 in 15,824
Illinois#75571 in 11,921
Florida#94851 in 16,893
Texas#1,10871 in 20,587
California#1,139111 in 22,931
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kane
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 20 spots since 2024 (#431#451)
  • 114 spots since 2020 (#337#451)
  • 23 spots since 2015 (#428#451)
  • Biggest jump: 262 spots in 1993 (#997#735)
  • Biggest drop: 100 spots in 1989 (#916#1,016)
Rise & fade · boys
65 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2018 at #319 (1,055 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1992–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,721
  • Highest: 1 in 1,721 boys born in 2018 were named Kane (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,458 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Kane (7,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s90#1,945 (1956)#2,282
1960s165#1,570 (1969)#2,130
1970s471#1,023 (1973)#1,281
1980s735#916 (1988)#1,130
1990s2,252#563 (1998)#754
2000s3,674#438 (2008)#624
2010s7,035#319 (2018)#447
2020s5,099#329 (2021)#385

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kane in 1988

boys
#916
108 births · 1 in 17,725 boys

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #916Kane108
More about 1988

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 17,725 of them was named Kane, which outranked 89.2% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kane
  1. #910Jeremey110
  2. #914Donavon109
  3. #914Jan109
  4. #916Kane108
  5. #916Anderson108
  6. #916Coy108
  7. #916Jacoby108
  8. #924Jeramie107
  9. #924Keven107
  10. #924Kristoffer107

Tied with 7 names at #916; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. 3,252Nico#4,239#987
  2. 1,245Ridge#2,215#970
  3. 668Colten#1,484#816
  4. 600Brantley#1,587#987
  5. 518Long#1,337#819
Fallers
  1. 362Cordaro#908#1,270
  2. 246Ramsey#884#1,130
  3. 241Yaakov#974#1,215
  4. 233Adrain#990#1,223
  5. 230Kiel#846#1,076

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1988