Kane

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kane: Recorded since 1975, it reached #57 in 1988, and it stood at #468 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
108times a registrar ranked it
51years from first to last
#57highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kane's record

Moved 136 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#99
1997	#97
1998	#94
1999	#103
2000	#93
2001	#96
2002	#126
2003	#128
2004	#136
2005	#151
2006	#190
2007	#202
2008	#208
2009	#245
2010	#272
2011	#248
2012	#372
2013	#309
2014	#402
2015	#368
2016	#380
2017	#428
2018	#396
2019	#501
2020	#500
2021	#526
2022	#509
2023	#608
2024	#691

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 Republic of Ireland in 35 of the 38 years from 1988 to 2025.

In 2024: #374 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland, #691 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1975–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #92 among boys in New Zealand in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New Zealand · Boys
Highest recorded1975–2001
Highest recorded position: #57 among boys in New Zealand, in 1988 (recorded 1975–2001).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kane appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 35 ranked years and 267 births registered; the earliest is New Zealand · Boys, from 1975.

Kane across 5 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.

Kane'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#254 (1988)	#216 (2002)	#468 (2025)	35 of 38	267 (1988–2025)	16 (2007)
England and Wales · Boys	#99 (1996)	#93 (2000)	#691 (2024)	29 of 29	7,149 (1996–2024)	607 (2000)
New Zealand · Boys	#92 (1975)	#57 (1988)	#93 (2001)	18 of 27	1,236 (1975–2001)	93 (1988)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#152 (2000)	#395 (2023)	22 of 27	125 (1997–2023)	10 (2000)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#98 (1989)	#97 (1995)	#97 (1995)	3 of 7	237 (1989–1995)	85 (1995)

Kane by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Kane in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	8	2 of 10	4
1990s	42	8 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	93	9 of 10	10
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020s	53	6 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Kane 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 6 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in New Zealand in 1988.

Kane'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	#691	52	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#608	59	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#509	77	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#526	74	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#500	76	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#501	78	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#396	109	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#428	101	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#380	119	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#368	120	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#309	141	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#372	113	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#248	194	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#272	171	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#245	179	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#208	225	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#202	233	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#190	232	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#151	313	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#136	346	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#128	378	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#126	365	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#96	530	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#93	607	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#103	488	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#94	574	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#97	549	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#99	545	High	Verified
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	75	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New Zealand	male	#93	56	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#80	64	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#82	65	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#84	68	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#100	54	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#77	81	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#85	72	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#79	72	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#75	78	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#72	75	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#57	93	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#69	77	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#60	82	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#93	53	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#94	53	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#78	64	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#76	63	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	male	#92	66	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#363	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#320	5	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#403	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#230	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#293	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#265	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#173	9	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#152	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#190	7	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#352	11	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	12	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#242	6	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#281	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#298	4	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#254	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1975 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #57, first reached in 1988.

It held a top-100 place in 20 years, 17 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 607 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1988, and 49 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Casey · #61, 47y
Alana · #49, 46y
Kiara · #49, 48y
Leonardo · #66, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Jakub · #57, 53y
Regan · #58, 41y
Bevan · #59, 33y
Lea · #55, 50y

Kane was ranked #57 in New Zealand · Boys in 1988. 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.

Kane 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 Kane without appearing here.

Kane moved ahead of

Kristian Compare
In 2017 they stood at #710 and #443 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #350 and #749.
Daithi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #556 and #496 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #390 and #755.
Markus Compare
In 2020 they stood at #556 and #556 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #390 and #755.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #374 and #302 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #468 and #829.

Moved ahead of Kane

Tadhg Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #600 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #608 and #419.
Noel Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #524 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #608 and #431.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #248 and #284 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #372 and #211.
Conan Compare
In 2008 they stood at #247 and #253 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #366 and #220.

Moved the opposite way to Kane

Adam Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 while Adam went from #55 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 while Alex went from #171 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 while Alexander went from #106 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 while Ben went from #152 to #40.

Moved the same way as Kane

Daithi Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 and Daithi from #254 to #509.
Edward Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 and Edward from #50 to #125.
Erik Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 and Erik from #235 to #468.
Julian Compare
Between 1988 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kane went from #254 to #468 and Julian from #186 to #348.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 6 regions, from 1975 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #57 in New Zealand in 1988. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kane

Kane at a glance

What stands out in Kane's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kane across 5 official records

Kane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kane appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kane

Kane and the names beside it

Kane moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kane

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Kane at a glance

What stands out in Kane's record

Kane across 5 official records

Kane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kane appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Kane

Kane and the names beside it

Kane moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kane

Moved the opposite way to Kane

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