Kainon — #11477 US boys' name
124 babies named Kainon in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Kainon was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Kainon in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kainon
The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Kainon between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kainon currently holds the #11477 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kainon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kainon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kainon 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 124 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.
Kainon at a glance
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Current rank
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Kainon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #11477 among boys.
124 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 21 births in a single year.
Kainon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 77 births that decade — 62% of Kainon's all-time total
Kainon decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 29 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kainon's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% 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, 1997–2024 (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.