Kayne

Last seen for girls in 1962 at #6,578 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,414
2008 · 119 births
Debut · boys
1970
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,390
since 1970

Kayne over time

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Rank among boys' names. Kayne has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,414, 2008boys
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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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2025—#2,64149
2024—#2,83545
2023—#2,44155
2022—#2,35560
2021—#1,82385
2020—#1,563105
2019—#1,77787
2018—#1,539110
2017—#1,82981
2016—#2,04769
2015—#2,00172
2014—#1,95973
2013—#1,81179
2012—#1,523105
2011—#1,70387
2010—#1,66593
2009—#1,529108
2008—#1,414119
2007—#1,552101
2006—#1,91970
2005—#1,96764
2004—#1,95362
2003—#2,62038
2002—#2,60337
2001—#3,06129
2000—#2,08748
1999—#1,85853
1998—#1,95749
1997—#2,44933
1996—#2,18338
1995—#2,14038
1994—#1,92743
1993—#3,81916
1992—#3,60417
1991—#2,82823
1990—#5,3829
1989—#3,80914
1988—#3,70513
1987—#4,5739
1986—#5,9266
1985—#4,3339
1984—#4,5528
1983—#4,9077
1982—#5,6196
1981—#4,9617
1980—#4,1349
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1978—#4,5547
1977—#5,1236
1976—#4,4187
1975—#4,3097
1974—#2,94612
1973—#4,0547
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Kayne! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kayne is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kayne, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #444 in Louisiana, 2018.

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See more about Kayne
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 194 spots since 2024 (#2,835 → #2,641)
  • 1,078 spots since 2020 (#1,563 → #2,641)
  • 640 spots since 2015 (#2,001 → #2,641)
Rise & fade · boys
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2008 at #1,414 (119 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,439
  • Highest: 1 in 16,439 boys born in 2020 were named Kayne (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,414 in 2008, was only 1 in 17,144 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Kayne (856) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s52#2,946 (1974)#4,233
1980s88#3,705 (1988)#4,652
1990s319#1,858 (1999)#2,815
2000s676#1,414 (2008)#2,071
2010s856#1,523 (2012)#1,785
2020s399#1,563 (2020)#2,276

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.

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