NameTides

Kaine

Kaine was the #1,425 boys' name in the US in 2025 (126 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Kaine as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kaine as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kaine as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,425 (126)#2,664 (8)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,472 (123)#3,255 (6)—#3,072 (5)
2023#1,248 (155)#1,907 (12)—#1,810 (10)
2022#1,171 (174)#1,880 (12)—#1,557 (12)
2021#1,125 (181)#2,730 (7)—#1,761 (10)
2020#1,153 (168)#2,076 (10)—#1,708 (10)
2019#1,127 (173)#1,986 (11)—#1,256 (16)
2018#1,111 (176)#1,382 (18)—#1,389 (13)
2017#1,010 (200)#1,398 (18)—#1,623 (11)
2016#1,183 (160)#1,050 (27)#707 (3)#1,346 (14)
2015#1,359 (128)#1,046 (27)—#1,319 (14)
2014#1,465 (111)#1,061 (26)—#1,465 (12)
2013#1,568 (99)#1,044 (26)—#1,210 (16)
2012#1,787 (83)#1,021 (27)#669 (3)#1,334 (14)
2011#1,561 (101)#929 (31)—#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,010.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaine is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaine by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,299CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Kaine (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaineCanadaBoys#2,5277
KaineEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
KaineNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaineScotlandBoys—too few
KaineUSBoys#1,425126