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Cain

Cain is a boy's name meaning "acquired, gotten". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s. As things stand now, it is a rare find in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

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EtymologyMeaning "acquired, gotten"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
31
1920s
51
1930s
35
1940s
15
1950s
38
1960s
74
1970s
257
1980s
379
1990s
1,045
2000s
1,480
2010s
2,275
Peaked in the 2010s · 5,680 total U.S. births since 1900