Kainen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-nen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Kainen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
Where does Kainen come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps a variant of Kenan (Cainan)
Is Kainen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kainen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kainen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Kainen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Kainen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,990th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Kainen, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 100 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Kainen 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 Kainen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
Kainen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 90 | #1,737 |
| 2018 | 100 | #1,625 |
| 2017 | 87 | #1,768 |
| 2016 | 68 | #2,066 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 51 | #2,436 |
| 2010 | 48 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 42 | #2,827 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Kainen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Finn, Aiden, Ronan, Kian, Brody, Keegan, Brayden, Conan, Rowan, Lochlan, Declan
Other spellings of Kainen
Kanan, Kanaan, Cainan, Kainan, Kaynan, Kanen, Cainen, Kainon, Kaynen, Kaenan, Cannan
Names related to Kainen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kainen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kainen, updated 20 October 2026.