Cade
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #248 for boys in 2025, 1,392 births
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2001 · 1,811 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 34,772since 1953
Cade over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Cade has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #248 | 1,392 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #272 | 1,265 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #280 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #292 | 1,170 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #338 | 961 |
| 2020 | — | #376 | 823 | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #397 | 787 |
| 2018 | — | #386 | 830 | |
| 2017 | — | #445 | 697 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #410 | 781 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #364 | 892 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #361 | 880 |
| 2013 | — | #375 | 807 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #369 | 821 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #347 | 867 |
| 2010 | — | #330 | 949 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #325 | 986 |
| 2008 | — | #309 | 1,074 | |
| 2007 | — | #294 | 1,173 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #287 | 1,215 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #286 | 1,162 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | #253 | 1,309 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #221 | 1,576 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | #208 | 1,716 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #201 | 1,811 |
| 2000 | — | #216 | 1,646 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #225 | 1,498 |
| 1998 | — | #336 | 806 | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #460 | 480 |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | #493 | 428 |
| 1995 | — | #516 | 393 | |
| 1994 | — | #591 | 303 | |
| 1993 | — | #696 | 221 | |
| 1992 | — | #825 | 163 | |
| 1991 | — | #885 | 142 | |
| 1990 | — | #881 | 136 | |
| 1989 | — | #962 | 112 | |
| 1988 | — | #943 | 104 | |
| 1987 | — | #904 | 108 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,008 | 84 | |
| 1985 | — | #897 | 102 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,054 | 72 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,000 | 78 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,193 | 60 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,024 | 79 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,133 | 64 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,241 | 55 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,272 | 50 | |
| 1977 | — | #981 | 76 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,469 | 37 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,065 | 61 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,065 | 60 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,045 | 60 | |
| 1972 | — | #993 | 66 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,279 | 17 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,282 | 9 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
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| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1953
The first year at least five boys were named Cade! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cade is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #104 | 9 | 1 in 324 |
| Ohio | #113 | 119 | 1 in 441 |
| Michigan | #119 | 84 | 1 in 478 |
| Kentucky | #149 | 36 | 1 in 570 |
| Maine | #151 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| West Virginia | #151 | 12 | 1 in 513 |
| Indiana | #163 | 51 | 1 in 621 |
| Pennsylvania | #178 | 72 | 1 in 726 |
| Tennessee | #183 | 51 | 1 in 721 |
| Maryland | #189 | 32 | 1 in 716 |
| Iowa | #191 | 21 | 1 in 659 |
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| Connecticut | #197 | 17 | 1 in 777 |
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Kansas | #205 | 19 | 1 in 739 |
| Missouri | #218 | 32 | 1 in 869 |
| Alabama | #223 | 25 | 1 in 861 |
| Massachusetts | #230 | 26 | 1 in 1,039 |
| Minnesota | #231 | 27 | 1 in 907 |
| North Carolina | #233 | 53 | 1 in 971 |
| Wisconsin | #235 | 25 | 1 in 937 |
| Oklahoma | #252 | 19 | 1 in 931 |
| Idaho | #256 | 10 | 1 in 863 |
| South Carolina | #265 | 21 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Louisiana | #266 | 19 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Florida | #267 | 78 | 1 in 1,225 |
| Nevada | #267 | 11 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Washington | #282 | 26 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Oregon | #295 | 14 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Illinois | #297 | 36 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Virginia | #303 | 27 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Georgia | #308 | 40 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Colorado | #318 | 20 | 1 in 1,343 |
| Utah | #327 | 14 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Texas | #352 | 106 | 1 in 1,651 |
| New Jersey | #355 | 23 | 1 in 1,729 |
| California | #357 | 98 | 1 in 1,791 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Arizona | #392 | 19 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| New York | #424 | 40 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cade
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 128 spots since 2020 (#376 → #248)
- Biggest jump: 1,286 spots in 1972
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1978
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2001 at #201 (1,811 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1987–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,073
- Highest: 1 in 1,073 boys born in 2001 were named Cade (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,227 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.3% of all boys named Cade (13,668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,798 (1953) | #3,798 |
| 1960s | 35 | #2,627 (1966) | #2,958 |
| 1970s | 491 | #981 (1977) | #1,469 |
| 1980s | 863 | #897 (1985) | #1,012 |
| 1990s | 4,570 | #225 (1999) | #591 |
| 2000s | 13,668 | #201 (2001) | #260 |
| 2010s | 8,311 | #330 (2010) | #378 |
| 2020s | 6,829 | #248 (2025) | #301 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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