Kainan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-nan
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,756 for boys
Kainan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Kainan mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Cainan, a form of Kenan
Cainan is the King James spelling of Kenan, son of Enosh and an ancestor of Noah in Genesis.
Is Kainan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kainan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kainan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kainan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kainan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Kainan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,756th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29 about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Kainan, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 72 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had fewer boys named Kainan than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kainan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Kainan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
Kainan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 51 | #2,551 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Nicknames for Kainan
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kainan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Ronan, Finn, Kian, Aiden, Rowan, Lochlan, Brody, Keegan, Kenan, Caelan, Callan
Other spellings of Kainan
Kanan, Kanaan, Kainen, Cainan, Kaynan, Kanen, Cainen, Kainon, Kaynen, Kaenan, Cannan
Names related to Kainan
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kainan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kainan, updated 20 October 2026.