Kadence Boy & girl
How popular is Kadence?
#1,611 girl name in 2025
129 baby girls were named Kadence in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name. Another 75 boys got the name (#2,006 for boys).
Kadence popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,611 for girls (▼ 75 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 129 girls, 75 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-76% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #574 in 2015, #1,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (911 girls) |
| Highest rank | #344 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1994 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 27% boys, 73% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kadence counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cadence family of names ranked #468 for girls in 2025 (#454 the year before), with 623 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence | 245 | 39% |
| Kaydence | 173 | 28% |
| Kadence | 129 | 21% |
| Kaidence | 41 | 7% |
| Caydence | 24 | 4% |
| Caidence | 11 | 2% |
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 Kadence is most popular
Babies named Kadence per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.3 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Kadence by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kadence
Questions
- Is Kadence a boy or girl name?
- Kadence is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 27% of babies named Kadence were boys and 73% were girls.
- How popular is the name Kadence?
- 129 baby girls were named Kadence in the US in 2025, making it the 1611th most popular girl name. Another 75 boys got the name (#2,006 for boys).
- When was Kadence most popular?
- Kadence peaked in 2005, when 911 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #344 in 2005.
- How many people are named Kadence?
- 13,298 babies have been named Kadence in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,203 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Kadence most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kadence was most common in Mississippi, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls 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.