How rare is the name Kane?

13,411 people in the United States have the first name Kane, about 1 in 22,521. It ranks #2,034 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KANE

#2,034

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,411
About
1 in 22,521
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,411 people named Kane, 67.5% reported their origin as White, 12.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as two or more races. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kane peaked in 2018, when 1,055 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
1,055
In 2025*
695 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 19,557 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kane by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #758. The largest share of babies named Kane, 54.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#6,15990
1960s#4,872165
1970s#3,086471
1980s#2,619748
1990s#1,5702,263
2000s#1,3403,674
2010s#8767,042
2020s#7585,104
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–803.1%
Millennials 1981–9610.4%
Generation Z 1997–1230.9%
2013 and later54.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kane is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kane has been most common in Nevada (2.8×), Arizona (1.9×), and Iowa (1.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.3×).

16,923 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kane

#2,032 Leighton · 13,417#2,033 Doyle · 13,415#2,035 Fannie · 13,408#2,036 Ronan · 13,407

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kane, most common first.

#6,865 Kaine · 2,287#7,894 Kayne · 1,876#10,071 Kana · 1,343#11,094 Kanye · 1,173#11,736 Kan · 1,080#15,037 Kani · 772#27,579 Kanae · 331#33,297 Kanu · 249

Also a last name

As a last name, Kane ranks #684 of 156,621, with 48,826 people. See Kane as a last name

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