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Cain
Pronounced /keɪn/
Rank in 2024
#978
Born in 2024
230
Peak year
2014 · #727
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 230 boys were named Cain, about 1 in every 7,458.
- It peaked in 2014 with 330 babies, ranked #727.
- It first shows up in the records in 1910.
- 7,441 boys have been named Cain since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Cain per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 68 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 77 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 332 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 988 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,636 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,284 babies, 0.15 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew קַיִן (Káyin, “craftsman”), present since Old English.
- (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /keɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Cain, CC BY-SA 4.0.