girls:
15 births since 1956
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1970
#2633 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1956
#5496 (29th percentile)
The name Kayne is the #5,496 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,309 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 29.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,633 (42.6% percentile) for all time with 2,294 births since 1970. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1956.
Kayne first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Kayne is available in 54 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kayne has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1970, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1956 to 1969), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1970 to 2023).
For boys, Kayne reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 12.6% percentile (ranked #793) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 57 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kayne ranks #862 for boys (5.4% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 51.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kayne reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #772) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1962, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1962.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayne".
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