Kayne — #2884 US boys' name
2,340 babies named Kayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Kayne was born in this single decade.
119 babies were named Kayne in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,340 babies named Kayne between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kayne currently holds the #2884 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 119 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayne performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 856 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kayne shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kayne in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayne 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 2,340 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.
Kayne at a glance
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Current rank
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Kayne popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2008)
- 119
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #2884 among boys.
2,340 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 119 births in a single year.
Kayne popularity over time — girls
15 total births recorded since 1956 (Kayne as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kayne accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 856 births that decade — 37% of Kayne's all-time total
Kayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 856 births
- Runner-up 676 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayne's strongest decade
856 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Kayne by state
Where Kayne concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 126 | 5.4% |
| #2 | California | | 101 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 73 | 3.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 47 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 44 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 26 | 1.1% |
126 of 2,340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.4% of nationwide
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.0% of nationwide
- Indiana 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kayne appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.