Baby Name Popularity Profile

Cade

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Cade.

✦ Round or barrel 🌍 English, French
National Rank (2025) #248
All-Time Peak Rank #201 Achieved 2001
Total U.S. Births 34,772 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 99.5% Boy / 0.5% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1953 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 1,811 births in 2001
💡 The Cade Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Round or barrel
Language Origin English, French
Origin Type multiple
Derived from an Old English surname meaning 'round' or 'lumpy', and also from an Old French word for 'barrel' or 'cask'.
Alternative Spellings
Kade
Pronunciation: KAYD
Etymology confidence: Medium

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Cade across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +69.1%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +56.1%
2015: 892 births 892 2016: 781 births 2017: 697 births 2018: 830 births 2019: 787 births 2020: 823 births 823 2021: 961 births 2022: 1,170 births 2023: 1,218 births 2024: 1,265 births 2025: 1,392 births 1,392
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 1,811 births in 2001
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 30 yrs
Longest Streak 58 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 5
1960s: 35
1970s: 491
1980s: 863
1990s: 4,570
2000s: 13,668
2010s: 8,311
2020s: 6,829

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Cade
Letter Count 4 letters
Spelling Complexity Easy
Length Percentile Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with C, a letter used by only 5.7% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Utah
Top States Utah, Idaho, Louisiana, South Dakota, Colorado
States with Data 49
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Utah #329 958 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #262 338 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana #267 1,300 2000 Insufficient historical volume
South Dakota Unranked 241 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #319 817 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #273 220 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #256 897 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #399 790 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Hawaii #107 196 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Montana Unranked 187 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #192 806 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #207 638 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #300 435 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #353 4,454 2003 +41.3% Growth
Oregon #296 512 1999 Insufficient historical volume
North Dakota #200 186 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #287 774 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #234 865 2001 Stable
Tennessee #184 970 2002 +30.8% Growth
Arkansas #564 478 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #237 858 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #267 1,304 2025 +110.8% Growth
Missouri #219 835 2002 Stable
Wyoming Unranked 49 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #163 822 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #309 969 1999 +42.9% Growth
Alabama #225 602 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #113 1,441 2025 +271.9% Growth
North Carolina #233 847 2023 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina #267 409 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 39 2003 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #422 348 2001 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #119 1,036 2022 Insufficient historical volume
California #357 2,653 2001 +32.4% Growth
Kentucky #149 435 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #306 536 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico #371 119 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #297 1,086 2000 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia #154 181 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #190 281 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #179 934 2025 +111.8% Growth
Maine #157 52 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 37 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #199 104 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #357 260 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts #232 211 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New York #425 522 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware #211 10 2000 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 5 2023 Insufficient historical volume

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