# Kaine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,621 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,621 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,288, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,561 |
| 2012 | 83 | 1,795 |
| 2013 | 99 | 1,574 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1,469 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,365 |
| 2016 | 160 | 1,188 |
| 2017 | 200 | 1,014 |
| 2018 | 176 | 1,112 |
| 2019 | 173 | 1,130 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,155 |
| 2021 | 181 | 1,127 |
| 2022 | 174 | 1,175 |
| 2023 | 155 | 1,250 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,477 |
| 2025 | 126 | 1,432 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,021 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,050 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.