NameTides

Kane

Kane was the #451 boys' name in the US in 2025 (695 babies), and #658 in England & Wales and #367 in Canada.

Kane as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Kane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Kane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#451 (695)#658 (55)#560 (5)—#468 (7)#367 (88)—
2024#431 (734)#691 (52)#619 (4)—#374 (10)#330 (99)—
2023#402 (793)#608 (59)#366 (9)#395 (3)#330 (12)#233 (138)—
2022#361 (911)#509 (77)#522 (5)#352 (4)#380 (10)#287 (111)—
2021#329 (1,001)#526 (74)#437 (7)—#390 (9)#313 (110)—
2020#337 (965)#500 (76)#476 (6)—#556 (5)#266 (125)—
2019#334 (1,004)#501 (78)#464 (6)#418 (3)#370 (10)#249 (141)—
2018#319 (1,055)#396 (109)#516 (5)#234 (8)#350 (11)#247 (143)—
2017#354 (944)#428 (101)#406 (8)#363 (4)#710 (3)#314 (106)—
2016#402 (794)#380 (119)#401 (8)#320 (5)#541 (5)#319 (108)—
2015#428 (716)#368 (120)#359 (9)#288 (6)#503 (6)#325 (102)—
2014#477 (597)#402 (101)#276 (15)—#428 (8)#354 (90)—
2013#544 (487)#309 (141)#366 (9)—#352 (11)#347 (85)—
2012#547 (477)#372 (113)#301 (12)#403 (3)#457 (7)#324 (95)—
2011#505 (512)#248 (194)#364 (9)—#623 (4)#302 (103)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #319.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 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 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kane is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kane by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #345MINew York: #716NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: #604ORNevada: #299NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #310IAIndiana: #303INOhio: #326OHPennsylvania: #397PANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #439CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #420CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #489MOKentucky: #422KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #499TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #375ALGeorgia: #519GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #514TXFlorida: #543FL
Kane (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#30644
Quebec2025#5707

Kane (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KaneCanadaBoys#36788
KaneEngland & WalesBoys#65855
KaneIrelandBoys#4687
KaneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KaneNSWBoys—too few
KaneScotlandBoys#5605
KaneUSGirls—too few
KaneUSBoys#451695