Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Cain” in the USA?

Number of people named “Cain” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Cain” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Cain” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Cain” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Cain” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Cain” by birth year

This chart shows how “Cain” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1918 8 0.000003685 8 -100%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 -100%
1920 10 0.00000442 10 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1928 5 0.000002211 5 -100%
1929 9 0.000004106 9 -100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 -100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1948 8 0.000002317 8 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 -100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 -100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 -100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 -100%
1970 17 0.000004714 17 -100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 -100%
1972 17 0.000005409 17 -100%
1973 35 0.000011601 35 -100%
1974 42 0.000013816 42 -100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 -100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 -100%
1977 26 0.000008185 26 -100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 -100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 -100%
1980 33 0.00000958 33 -100%
1981 50 0.000014453 50 -100%
1982 46 0.000013113 46 -100%
1983 32 0.00000924 32 -100%
1984 31 0.000008886 31 -100%
1985 35 0.000009806 35 -100%
1986 43 0.000012089 43 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 41 0.000011096 41 -100%
1989 39 0.000010145 39 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 45 0.000011552 45 -100%
1992 64 0.000016661 64 -100%
1993 99 0.000026258 99 -100%
1994 146 0.000039272 146 -100%
1995 113 0.000030856 113 -100%
1996 133 0.000036466 133 -100%
1997 141 0.000038889 141 -100%
1998 128 0.0000348 128 -100%
1999 136 0.000036818 136 -100%
2000 137 0.000036244 137 -100%
2001 137 0.000036598 137 -100%
2002 150 0.000040125 150 -100%
2003 127 0.000033401 127 -100%
2004 126 0.000032976 126 -100%
2005 139 0.000036152 139 -100%
2006 135 0.000034124 135 -100%
2007 140 0.00003502 140 -100%
2008 189 0.000048083 189 -100%
2009 200 0.000052354 200 -100%
2010 207 0.00005601 207 -100%
2011 254 0.000069441 254 -100%
2012 290 0.000079292 290 -100%
2013 285 0.000078175 285 -100%
2014 330 0.000089036 330 -100%
2015 326 0.000088086 326 -100%
2016 324 0.000088315 324 -100%
2017 262 0.000073262 262 -100%
2018 251 0.00007139 251 -100%
2019 284 0.000081822 284 -100%
2020 254 0.000076035 254 -100%
2021 235 0.000069364 235 -100%
2022 253 0.000074783 253 -100%
2023 250 0.000075501 250 -100%
2024 230 0.0000691 230 -100%

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