Kane is an established boys' name that peaked in 2018 and remains in steady use.
Kane is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #451 for boy births in the United States (and #912 across all names), given to 695 babies. Kane first appears in 1953 and peaked in 2018 (1,055 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 695 | 695 | — | #451 |
| 2024 | 734 | 734 | — | #431 |
| 2023 | 793 | 793 | — | #402 |
| 2022 | 916 | 916 | #16,471 | #361 |
| 2021 | 1,001 | 1,001 | — | #329 |
| 2020 | 965 | 965 | — | #337 |
| 2019 | 1,011 | 1,011 | #13,094 | #334 |
| 2018 | 1,055 | 1,055 | — | #319 |
| 2017 | 944 | 944 | — | #354 |
| 2016 | 794 | 794 | — | #402 |
| 2015 | 716 | 716 | — | #428 |
| 2014 | 597 | 597 | — | #477 |
| 2013 | 487 | 487 | — | #544 |
| 2012 | 477 | 477 | — | #547 |
| 2011 | 512 | 512 | — | #506 |
| 2010 | 449 | 449 | — | #565 |
| 2009 | 536 | 536 | — | #503 |
| 2008 | 654 | 654 | — | #438 |
| 2007 | 381 | 381 | — | #640 |
| 2006 | 311 | 311 | — | #705 |
| 2005 | 282 | 282 | — | #722 |
| 2004 | 276 | 276 | — | #701 |
| 2003 | 275 | 275 | — | #695 |
| 2002 | 304 | 304 | — | #640 |
| 2001 | 322 | 322 | — | #609 |
| 2000 | 333 | 333 | — | #594 |
| 1999 | 323 | 323 | — | #593 |
| 1998 | 350 | 350 | — | #563 |
| 1997 | 259 | — | — | #643 |
| 1996 | 253 | — | — | #659 |
| 1995 | 259 | — | — | #648 |
| 1994 | 276 | — | — | #628 |
| 1993 | 207 | — | #12,549 | #735 |
| 1992 | 118 | — | — | #1,001 |
| 1991 | 102 | — | — | #1,080 |
| 1990 | 116 | — | #13,995 | #1,003 |
| 1989 | 102 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1988 | 108 | — | — | #921 |
| 1987 | 95 | — | — | #971 |
| 1986 | 88 | — | — | #985 |
| 1985 | 76 | — | #7,899 | #1,129 |
| 1984 | 47 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | — | #1,137 |
| 1982 | 65 | — | #11,253 | #1,204 |
| 1981 | 57 | — | — | #1,214 |
| 1980 | 47 | — | — | #1,384 |
| 1979 | 52 | — | — | #1,281 |
| 1978 | 48 | — | — | #1,313 |
| 1977 | 59 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1976 | 45 | — | — | #1,326 |
| 1975 | 43 | — | — | #1,331 |
| 1974 | 60 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1973 | 62 | — | — | #1,029 |
| 1972 | 30 | — | — | #1,584 |
| 1971 | 37 | — | — | #1,409 |
| 1970 | 35 | — | — | #1,427 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1968 | 16 | — | — | #2,071 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | — | #2,205 |
| 1966 | 15 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1965 | 15 | — | — | #2,127 |
| 1964 | 17 | — | — | #2,016 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | — | #1,771 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | — | #1,693 |
| 1961 | 10 | — | — | #2,804 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | — | #3,494 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | — | #2,477 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | — | #2,218 |
| 1957 | 11 | — | — | #2,561 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | — | #1,982 |
| 1955 | 12 | — | — | #2,367 |
| 1954 | 14 | — | — | #2,163 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,622 |