Cade Boy
How popular is Cade?
#248 boy name in 2025
1,392 baby boys were named Cade in the US in 2025, making it the 248th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Cade popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #248 for boys (▲ 24 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,392 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #364 in 2015, #376 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (1,811 boys) |
| Highest rank | #201 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1953 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cade counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cade family of names ranked #153 for boys in 2025 (#158 the year before), with 2,561 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cade | 1,392 | 54% |
| Kade | 943 | 37% |
| Cayde | 129 | 5% |
| Kayde | 45 | 2% |
| Kaid | 23 | 1% |
| Kaide | 12 | 0% |
| Kayd | 6 | 0% |
| Caide | 6 | 0% |
| Cayd | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cade is most popular
Babies named Cade per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 1.8 per 1,000 (369 boys)
- Wyoming: 1.7 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Ohio: 1.7 per 1,000 (450 boys)
- Iowa: 1.5 per 1,000 (102 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.5 per 1,000 (25 boys)
Cade by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,797 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,626 |
| 1970s | 491 | #981 |
| 1980s | 863 | #897 |
| 1990s | 4,570 | #225 |
| 2000s | 13,668 | #201 |
| 2010s | 8,311 | #330 |
| 2020s | 6,829 | #248 |
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Questions
- Is Cade a boy or girl name?
- Cade is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cade were boys.
- How popular is the name Cade?
- 1,392 baby boys were named Cade in the US in 2025, making it the 248th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Cade most popular?
- Cade peaked in 2001, when 1,811 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #201 in 2001.
- How many people are named Cade?
- 34,918 babies have been named Cade in the US since 1880. We estimate about 34,408 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Cade most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cade was most common in Michigan, at 1.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.