Cainen
Boy · KAY-nen · Modern
Cainen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Cainen come from?
Modern: spelling of Kainen; modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Kenan (Cainan)
- Say it
- KAY-nen
Meaning borrowed from Kainen.
Is Cainen a girl's or a boy's name?
Cainen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cainen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Cainen, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Cainen in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Cainen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Cainen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 50 | #2,531 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Cainen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Brecken Aiden Rayden Braylen Finnegan Raiden Cannon Declan Finn Ronan
Other spellings of Cainen
Kanan Kanaan Kainen Cainan Kainan Kaynan Kanen Kainon Kaynen Kaenan Cannan
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