Kainan
Kainan is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Greek.
- Biblical Greek
Meaning & Origin of Kainan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kainan is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Greek
The Story of Kainan
The earliest SSA record of Kainan as a baby boy name dates back to 1992, when 7 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 72 newborns named Kainan — #2,017 in the national rankings. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 41% of all recorded Kainans. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #2,872 among baby boy names with 44 births, falling sharply (-18%). In total, more than 965 Kainans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kainan
Kainan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 965 births in the dataset. Kainan's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #2,017. Use the chart and map above to compare Kainan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.