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

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Peak · boys
2001 · 1,811 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
34,772
since 1953

Cade over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cade has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #201, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#2481,392
2024#13,4776#2721,265
2023#11,1698#2801,218
2022#15,3065#2921,170
2021#10,2929#338961
2020—#376823
2019#11,3568#397787
2018—#386830
2017—#445697
2016#14,3316#410781
2015#13,0067#364892
2014#11,9318#361880
2013—#375807
2012#16,8695#369821
2011#16,7645#347867
2010—#330949
2009#12,4298#325986
2008—#3091,074
2007—#2941,173
2006#15,1526#2871,215
2005#11,8348#2861,162
2004#9,26411#2531,309
2003#15,7845#2211,576
2002#9,48210#2081,716
2001#13,5216#2011,811
2000—#2161,646
1999#14,4115#2251,498
1998—#336806
1997#9,0179#460480
1996#13,5185#493428
1995—#516393
1994—#591303
1993—#696221
1992—#825163
1991—#885142
1990—#881136
1989—#962112
1988—#943104
1987—#904108
1986—#1,00884
1985—#897102
1984—#1,05472
1983—#1,00078
1982—#1,19360
1981—#1,02479
1980—#1,13364
1979—#1,24155
1978—#1,27250
1977—#98176
1976—#1,46937
1975—#1,06561
1974—#1,06560
1973—#1,04560
1972—#99366
1971—#2,27917
1970—#3,2829
1969—#3,3148
1968—#2,9079
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1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,9828
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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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNHWashington: #396 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,224 boysWAIdaho: #391 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,679 boysIDMontana: #206 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 649 boysMTNorth Dakota: #124 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 394 boysNDMinnesota: #224 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,026 boysMNIllinois: #418 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 2,494 boysILWisconsin: #266 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,322 boysWIMichigan: #354 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,008 boysMINew York: #723 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,591 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedRIOregon: #322 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,409 boysORNevada: #316 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,519 boysNVWyoming: #113 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 318 boysWYSouth Dakota: #141 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 442 boysSDIowa: #178 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 695 boysIAIndiana: #338 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,807 boysINOhio: #308 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,834 boysOHPennsylvania: #673 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,545 boysPANew Jersey: #703 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,350 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #425 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 3,117 boysCAUtah: #218 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 817 boysUTColorado: #267 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,146 boysCONebraska: #129 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 469 boysNEMissouri: #313 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,556 boysMOKentucky: #329 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,873 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWVVirginia: #426 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,597 boysVAMaryland: #537 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,525 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDEArizona: #258 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,165 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNMKansas: #191 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 744 boysKSArkansas: #272 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,202 boysARTennessee: #268 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,352 boysTNNorth Carolina: #361 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,148 boysNCSouth Carolina: #243 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,169 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #178 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 709 boysOKLouisiana: #156 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 627 boysLAMississippi: #360 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,728 boysMSAlabama: #240 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,230 boysALGeorgia: #355 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,996 boysGAHawaii: #162 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 534 boysHITexas: #257 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 1,294 boysTXFlorida: #404 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,573 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#113 · 1 in 318
  2. North Dakota#124 · 1 in 394
  3. Nebraska#129 · 1 in 469
  4. South Dakota#141 · 1 in 442
  5. Louisiana#156 · 1 in 627

Best ever in a state: #54 in South Dakota, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#11361 in 318
North Dakota#12491 in 394
Nebraska#129211 in 469
South Dakota#14191 in 442
Louisiana#156381 in 627
Hawaii#16291 in 534
Iowa#178221 in 695
Oklahoma#178291 in 709
Kansas#191221 in 744
Montana#20661 in 649
Utah#218271 in 817
Minnesota#224271 in 1,026
Alabama#240191 in 1,230
South Carolina#243181 in 1,169
Texas#2571381 in 1,294
Arizona#258321 in 1,165
Wisconsin#266211 in 1,322
Colorado#267241 in 1,146
Tennessee#268261 in 1,352
Arkansas#272121 in 1,202
Ohio#308331 in 1,834
Missouri#313211 in 1,556
Nevada#31691 in 1,519
Oregon#322131 in 1,409
Kentucky#329121 in 1,873
Indiana#338201 in 1,807
Michigan#354241 in 2,008
Georgia#355281 in 1,996
Mississippi#36081 in 1,728
North Carolina#361241 in 2,148
Idaho#39151 in 1,679
Washington#396161 in 2,224
Florida#404361 in 2,573
Illinois#418281 in 2,494
California#425751 in 3,117
Virginia#426161 in 2,597
Maryland#53781 in 3,525
Pennsylvania#673111 in 5,545
New Jersey#70381 in 5,350
New York#723191 in 5,591
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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
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#272 → #248)
  • 128 spots since 2020 (#376 → #248)
  • 116 spots since 2015 (#364 → #248)
  • Biggest jump: 1,286 spots in 1972 (#2,279 → #993)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1978 (#981 → #1,272)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
1960s35#2,627 (1966)#2,958
1970s491#981 (1977)#1,469
1980s863#897 (1985)#1,012
1990s4,570#225 (1999)#591
2000s13,668#201 (2001)#260
2010s8,311#330 (2010)#378
2020s6,829#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.

Cade in 2010

boys
#330
949 births · 1 in 2,022 boys

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #330Cade949
More about 2010

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 2,022 of them was named Cade, which outranked 97.7% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cade
  1. #327Taylor956
  2. #328Rowan955
  3. #329Felix951
  4. #330Cade949
  5. #331Colt945
  6. #332Adan944
  7. #333Tristen941
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →