Kainat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ky-NAHT
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Kainat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the universe, creation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Kainat mean?
Arabic: Urdu, from Arabic ka'inat
“the universe, creation”
From Arabic ka'inat, all things that exist, used in Urdu for the universe.
Is Kainat a girl's or a boy's name?
Kainat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kainat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 156% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Kainat, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Kainat than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kainat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Kainat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Kainat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 82% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Kainat, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had the most girls named Kainat of any year since it first appeared, in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kainat in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kainat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
Names like Kainat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rehmat Safa Ayah Hafsa Zainab Ayat Hiba Ibadat Khadija Amal Rahma Nusaybah
Names related to Kainat
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Kainat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kainat, updated 20 October 2026.