Boys' name · since 1997
Kainon
Kainon has 131 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,652 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,123 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kainon currently ranks #10123 among boys' names in America, with 131 babies recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kainon has been recorded 131 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #10123 nationally and more common than 27% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #15,652 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,123 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 131 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kainon ranks #15,652 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,123 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 131 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,652 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,123 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 131
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kainon's 131 recorded births place it above 65.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kainon compares
131 30th percentile among 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
Kainon's all-time total is 64% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kainon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 131 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kainon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kainon's full recorded timeline at 2018, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kainon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kainon by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Kainon's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Kainon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kainon's data
- Kainon's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kainon: 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 (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Kainon 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.