Kaynen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-nen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kaynen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Kaynen come from?
Modern: possibly a variant of Kenan or Keenan
Is Kaynen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaynen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaynen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kaynen, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaynen than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Kaynen in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 417 boys in the US were given Kaynen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #629, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Kaynen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Kaynen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brecken Brayden Rayden Braylen Finnegan Raiden Aiden Kyden Keegan Finn Declan
Other spellings of Kaynen
Kanan Kanaan Kainen Cainan Kainan Kaynan Kanen Cainen Kainon Kaenan Cannan
Names related to Kaynen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kaynen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaynen, updated 20 October 2026.