Masculine dossier · first seen 1910

Cain

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cain
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2014

Peak rank proxy

330

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1910Peak 20142024

Peak year

2014

Decline from peak

30.3%

2024

230

All-time

7,441

Cain has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2014, when 330 boys were named Cain.

In 2024, only 230 boys were given the name.

Down 30.3% from its peak.

All told, about 7,441 Americans have been named Cain and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1910.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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