Kainan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kainan: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,801 in 2010, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1801highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1998	#2901
1999	#2943
2007	#4333
2009	#2318
2010	#1801
2011	#4647
2012	#2117
2013	#2216
2014	#2964
2015	#3908
2016	#4810
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2019	#3411
2021	#3990
2022	#4789
2023	#4107
2024	#5119

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 19 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1801 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kainan 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 Kainan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	11	2 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	62	10 of 10	6
2020s	14	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Kainan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1801 in England and Wales in 2010.

Kainan'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	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2318	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,801, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
7 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
12births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

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.

Kain · #243, 29y
Kainaat · #1505, 28y
Kainat · #1261, 29y
Kaine · #241, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Kavish · #1801, 19y
Calypso · #1802, 23y
Hajera · #1802, 15y
Helaina · #1802, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Calypso · #1802, 23y
Hajera · #1802, 15y
Helaina · #1802, 24y
Mehwish · #1802, 28y

Kainan 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 Kainan without appearing here.

Kainan moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2318 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Shannon Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4333 and #3589 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #3822.
Brooke Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4647 and #4647 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2117 and #3416.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Kainan

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1801 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Henrik Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1801 and #3332 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #2194.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #2125.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Kainan

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Kainan

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kainan went from #2022 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1801 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kainan

Kainan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kainan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kainan appears in

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Kainan at a glance

Kainan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kainan appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kainan and the names beside it

Kainan moved ahead of

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