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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020peak #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 2020

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedAKMaine: #224 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 771 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #183 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 619 boysNHWashington: #337 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,579 boysWAIdaho: #273 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 968 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #185 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 561 boysNDMinnesota: #225 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 926 boysMNIllinois: #453 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,376 boysILWisconsin: #351 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,596 boysWIMichigan: #383 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,857 boysMINew York: #719 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,869 boysNYMassachusetts: #480 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,983 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedRIOregon: #474 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,211 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #220 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 667 boysSDIowa: #205 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 754 boysIAIndiana: #351 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,623 boysINOhio: #351 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,703 boysOHPennsylvania: #326 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,588 boysPANew Jersey: #495 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,808 boysNJConnecticut: #455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,621 boysCTCalifornia: #453 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 2,562 boysCAUtah: #475 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,143 boysUTColorado: #350 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,477 boysCONebraska: #294 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,097 boysNEMissouri: #219 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 890 boysMOKentucky: #289 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,227 boysKYWest Virginia: #254 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 870 boysWVVirginia: #400 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,035 boysVAMaryland: #386 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,928 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDEArizona: #344 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,453 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNMKansas: #328 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,372 boysKSArkansas: #441 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,822 boysARTennessee: #218 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 874 boysTNNorth Carolina: #428 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,225 boysNCSouth Carolina: #463 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,223 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #350 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,365 boysOKLouisiana: #335 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,348 boysLAMississippi: #241 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 932 boysMSAlabama: #383 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,814 boysALGeorgia: #375 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,796 boysGAHawaii: #190 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 576 boysHITexas: #425 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 2,257 boysTXFlorida: #433 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 2,438 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#183 · 1 in 619
  2. North Dakota#185 · 1 in 561
  3. Hawaii#190 · 1 in 576
  4. Iowa#205 · 1 in 754
  5. Tennessee#218 · 1 in 874

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#18371 in 619
North Dakota#18561 in 561
Hawaii#19061 in 576
Iowa#205181 in 754
Tennessee#218391 in 874
Missouri#219321 in 890
South Dakota#22051 in 667
Maine#22451 in 771
Minnesota#225271 in 926
Mississippi#241131 in 932
West Virginia#25481 in 870
Idaho#27381 in 968
Kentucky#289161 in 1,227
Nebraska#29481 in 1,097
Pennsylvania#326341 in 1,588
Kansas#328101 in 1,372
Louisiana#335161 in 1,348
Washington#337211 in 1,579
Arizona#344221 in 1,453
Colorado#350171 in 1,477
Oklahoma#350131 in 1,365
Indiana#351201 in 1,623
Ohio#351321 in 1,703
Wisconsin#351151 in 1,596
Georgia#375281 in 1,796
Alabama#383121 in 1,814
Michigan#383231 in 1,857
Maryland#386131 in 1,928
Virginia#400191 in 2,035
Texas#425751 in 2,257
North Carolina#428221 in 2,225
Florida#433371 in 2,438
Arkansas#44171 in 1,822
California#453741 in 2,562
Illinois#453231 in 2,376
Connecticut#45551 in 2,621
South Carolina#46391 in 2,223
Oregon#47471 in 2,211
Utah#47591 in 2,143
Massachusetts#48091 in 2,983
New Jersey#495141 in 2,808
New York#719181 in 4,869
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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 2020

boys
#376
823 births · 1 in 2,097 boys

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #376Cade823
More about 2020

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 2,097 of them was named Cade, which outranked 97.3% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cade
  1. #373Malik838
  2. #374Donovan830
  3. #375Jaxton828
  4. #376Cade823
  5. #377Nehemiah820
  6. #377Romeo820
  7. #379Sergio811
Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →