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Kayne

#2,666 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kayne has been given to 2,405 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #2,666 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 119 recorded.

Babies named Kayne, 2025

1 in 67,700

Kayne over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kayne: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kayne means

Kayne is a given name.

The naming story behind Kayne

Wikidata records Kayne as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q26037156, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,390 boys were recorded with the name Kayne between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 119 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,418 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,565 in 2020 to #2,666 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,006 in 2015 to #2,666 in 2025.

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Kayne between 1956 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1956; its best national rank was #6,412 in 1956.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kayne?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 67,700
49 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 34,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,666
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
46,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kayne sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kayne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaynes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kayne was born before 2010 — so the typical Kayne is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,390
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.8% of all recorded uses (856).

Is Kayne rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+188
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,101
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−660
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.68×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.2%
Peak was 2008 (119)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,418
2008

Spellings of Kayne

Kayne is not the most common spelling — Kyle is, with 34.9% against Kayne's 0.17%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kayne is used

Across 2016–2025, Kayne was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 16,667 boys, against 1 in 40,513 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 16,667
  2. 2Indiana1 in 20,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 20,000
  4. 4Kansas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 33,333
  7. 7Texas1 in 33,333
  8. 8Alabama1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kayne around the world

Where Kayne ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2007–2009
    #626
    in 2009
  • Northern Ireland
    2011–2011
    #375
    in 2011
  • Ireland
    2004–2013
    #534
    in 2013
  • France
    2011–2024
    #5,212
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kayne

People whose public names include Kayne, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kayne by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,666
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,101
Best rank ever
#1,418
2008
Peak year
2008
119 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,390
Count in 2025
49

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,412
1956
Peak year
1956
5 that year
First recorded
1956
Last recorded
1962
All-time count
15
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kayne

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KayceKaylebKaycenKayvonKaydonKaylenKaydeKaylonKaydinKayinDayneKayanKaysenRayneKaylanPayneKayonKaydanKayKayaKaylinKayceeKaylorThayne

Names with a curve like Kayne

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kayne, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

FilipShaanNahumChayceArionMahdiCanonTahaAdrianoHagenKhristianKainoa

Sibling names for Kayne

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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