Kain

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kain: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kain: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #243 in 2001, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#654
1997	#493
1998	#437
1999	#481
2000	#404
2001	#375
2002	#400
2003	#519
2004	#688
2005	#628
2006	#764
2007	#742
2008	#1085
2009	#1099
2010	#811
2011	#1209
2012	#1589
2013	#1147
2014	#1144
2015	#1380
2016	#1498
2017	#2324
2018	#2445
2019	#3013
2020	#2228
2021	#1984
2022	#3449
2023	#2813
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2015: #342 among boys in Northern Ireland, #1380 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #654 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2015
Highest recorded position: #243 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2015).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kain appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 774 births with the name.

Kain across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kain's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#375 (2001)	#5119 (2024)	29 of 29	774 (1996–2024)	64 (2001)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2001)	#243 (2001)	#342 (2015)	7 of 15	26 (2001–2015)	4 (2001)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#439 (2004)	#711 (2013)	3 of 12	10 (2002–2013)	4 (2004)

Kain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kain in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	152	4 of 10	38
2000sbusiest	412	10 of 10	41
2010s	175	10 of 10	18
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 41 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kain appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001.

Kain's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1984	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1498	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#811	36	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1085	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#742	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#628	42	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#688	34	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#400	57	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#375	64	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#404	54	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#481	42	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#437	48	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#493	38	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kailyn · #862, 12y
Kainaat · #1505, 28y
Kainan · #1801, 19y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Denver · #243, 31y
Deon · #243, 29y
Inayah · #243, 30y
Luc · #243, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cailean · #243, 22y
Deon · #243, 29y
Eimile · #243, 13y
Inayah · #243, 30y

Kain was ranked #243 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kain and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kain without appearing here.

Kain moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #493 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #437 and #669.
Craig Compare
In 2014 they stood at #346 and #346 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #415.
Dean Compare
In 2014 they stood at #346 and #231 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #342 and #415.

Moved ahead of Kain

Roger Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2263.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #3112 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1984 and #2125 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #1609.

Moved the opposite way to Kain

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kain

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kain went from #654 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Northern Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kain

Kain at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kain across 3 official records

Kain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Kain across 3 official records

Kain by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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