Recorded 1953–2025 · United States
Kane was most popular in 2018, when 1,055 American babies were given the name — ranking #636 that year. In 2025 it ranked #911, with 695 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 19,557 people named Kane.
Kane first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1953, which makes it about 72 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 73 of the 73 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 19,557 American births named Kane between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 19,206 are estimated to be alive today.
695 American babies were named Kane in 2025, ranking #911 that year.
Kane is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 828 births a year, against 558 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +48% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kane is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 19,557 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 19,206 Americans named Kane are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 6 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org