Cain

Boy · recorded 1910–2025

  • #1,141in 2025
  • 1 in 9,232boys in 2025
  • −36%last ten years
  • 1.7×in Michigan

Most popular in 2014. Quieter now: down 36% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

08617219101939196819962025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 89 recorded years as a table
Cain, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191046
19157
19188
19198
19209
19215
19226
19255
19268
19285
19298
19336
19346
19378
19386
19397
19435
19485
19504
19513
19533
19544
19553
19563
19603
19613
19624
19634
19653
19666
19673
19686
19695
19709
197110
197210
197322
197427
197517
197619
197716
197812
197916
198018
198128
198225
198318
198417
198519
198623
198716
198821
198919
199020
199122
199232
199350
199476
199559
199670
199775
199867
199971
200070
200171
200277
200364
200463
200570
200666
200768
200893
2009101
2010108
2011134
2012153
2013151
2014172
2015170
2016171
2017142
2018138
2019159
2020147
2021134
2022145
2023146
2024133
2025108

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Michigan 1.7×
  2. Ohio 1.6×
  3. California 1.4×
  4. Pennsylvania 1.3×
  5. Texas 1.2×

More like it

More like Cain

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
185
Rank in 2025
#1,141
How rare
1 in 9,232 boys
Since 1910
7,628

Most popular in 2014, at 172 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 36% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Michigan1.7×26
Ohio1.6×32
California1.4×94
Pennsylvania1.3×27
Texas1.2×85

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.