Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Search this site

Caine

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Place name unrelated to the Biblical Cain.
French
French place name unrelated to the biblical Cain.

Syllables

1

Themes

  • Surname

Pronunciation

ca(i)-ne

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2008 (rank #1707, 89 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2480, 54 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202554
202463
202387
202276
202164
202075
201978
201859
201764
201653

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2001 (rank #330, 80 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3239, 6 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20256
20245
202310
20226
20215
20209
20194
20188
201711
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #724, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence