Cain is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2014 and remains in steady use.
Cain is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,142 for boy births in the United States (and #2,327 across all names), given to 185 babies. Cain first appears in 1910 and peaked in 2014 (330 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 185 | 185 | #1,142 |
| 2024 | 230 | 230 | #980 |
| 2023 | 250 | 250 | #922 |
| 2022 | 253 | 253 | #914 |
| 2021 | 235 | 235 | #956 |
| 2020 | 254 | 254 | #893 |
| 2019 | 285 | 285 | #806 |
| 2018 | 251 | 251 | #871 |
| 2017 | 262 | 262 | #845 |
| 2016 | 324 | 324 | #751 |
| 2015 | 326 | 326 | #743 |
| 2014 | 330 | 330 | #727 |
| 2013 | 285 | 285 | #792 |
| 2012 | 290 | 290 | #783 |
| 2011 | 254 | 254 | #845 |
| 2010 | 207 | 207 | #958 |
| 2009 | 200 | 200 | #988 |
| 2008 | 189 | 189 | #1,014 |
| 2007 | 141 | 141 | #1,248 |
| 2006 | 135 | 135 | #1,239 |
| 2005 | 139 | 139 | #1,151 |
| 2004 | 126 | 126 | #1,207 |
| 2003 | 127 | 127 | #1,176 |
| 2002 | 150 | 150 | #1,022 |
| 2001 | 137 | 137 | #1,055 |
| 2000 | 137 | 137 | #1,048 |
| 1999 | 136 | 136 | #1,019 |
| 1998 | 128 | 128 | #1,052 |
| 1997 | 141 | — | #951 |
| 1996 | 133 | — | #962 |
| 1995 | 113 | — | #1,053 |
| 1994 | 146 | — | #902 |
| 1993 | 99 | — | #1,132 |
| 1992 | 64 | — | #1,434 |
| 1991 | 45 | — | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 41 | — | #1,875 |
| 1989 | 39 | — | #1,898 |
| 1988 | 41 | — | #1,713 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | #2,024 |
| 1986 | 43 | — | #1,540 |
| 1985 | 35 | — | #1,731 |
| 1984 | 31 | — | #1,803 |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #1,753 |
| 1982 | 46 | — | #1,396 |
| 1981 | 50 | — | #1,311 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | #1,737 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | #1,948 |
| 1978 | 19 | — | #2,387 |
| 1977 | 26 | — | #1,914 |
| 1976 | 30 | — | #1,716 |
| 1975 | 27 | — | #1,795 |
| 1974 | 42 | — | #1,313 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #1,438 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #2,256 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | #2,293 |
| 1970 | 17 | — | #2,223 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,089 |
| 1968 | 11 | — | #2,594 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,605 |
| 1966 | 11 | — | #2,485 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #3,985 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,883 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #2,873 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | #3,693 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,375 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,584 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,551 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | #2,767 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #3,874 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,785 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #3,064 |
| 1948 | 8 | — | #2,810 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | #2,995 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #2,637 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #2,904 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #2,705 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,330 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | #3,322 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,797 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,236 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | #2,939 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #3,799 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #3,921 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #3,932 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #2,799 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,149 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,144 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,457 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,128 |