Kincaid
Boy · kin-KAYD · Scottish
Kincaid is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “head of the pass”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Kincaid mean?
Scottish: Scottish place-name surname, probably from Gaelic
“head of the pass”
From a Scottish surname taken from the lands of Kincaid in Stirlingshire.
- Say it
- kin-KAYD
Is Kincaid a girl's or a boy's name?
Kincaid is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kincaid in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Kincaid, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Kincaid in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kincaid in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 23 | #3,372 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Nicknames for Kincaid
- Kin
Names like Kincaid
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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