Boys' name · since 1994
Cainen
Cainen has 521 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,707 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 521
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cainen currently ranks #7423 among boys' names in America, with 521 babies recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Cainen recorded 521 times among boys since 1994, holding rank #7423 nationally today, ahead of 47% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #7,707 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,423 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 521 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cainen ranks #7,707 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,423 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 521 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,707 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,423 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 521
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cainen's 521 recorded births place it above 83.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cainen compares
521 Top 43% higher than 57% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cainen's all-time total is 41% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cainen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 521 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cainen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cainen splits its recorded history at 2011: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 50 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cainen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Cainen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (272 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Cainen's strongest decade.
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Cainen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
129 births
- 2010s
2010s
272 births
- 2020s 89
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 272 births (52% of all-time use).
How Cainen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cainen's total volume
Cainen by state
Where Cainen concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 6 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Kansas | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.0% |
7 of 521 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Cainen's data
- Cainen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (272 total births); usage has since declined to 89 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Cainens (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Cainen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cainen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.