Given name & surname
Baine
“a fair-haired man”
Baine is a variant of Bain. One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Baine is a variant of Bain. One Irish interpretation is “a fair-haired man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Baine is a variant of Bain. An origin associated with Bain is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 253 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,822 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,822 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 280 as a first name in 2020; 1,401 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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