Cainin — boys' name
20 babies named Cainin in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Cainin was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Cainin in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cainin
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Cainin between 1997 and 2019, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Cainin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cainin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cainin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cainin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cainin at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cainin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
20 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 5 births in a single year.
Cainin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 10 births that decade — 50% of Cainin's all-time total
Cainin decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Cainin's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.