Cain

Boy name

Cain has been given to 7,628 babies in the U.S. since 1910. It peaked in 2014.

Meaning & origin /keɪn/

From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

7,628

Peak year

2014 (330 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1910

10-year trend

▼ -43%

Gender split

All boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cain.

7,621 babies since 1970

7,605 babies since 1917

7,664 babies since 1912

7,715 babies since 1976

7,728 babies since 1917

7,490 babies since 1974

7,789 babies since 1984

7,460 babies since 1969

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