Caden
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #201 for boys in 2025, 1,742 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 4,775 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 72,045since 1979
Caden over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #9,457 | 10 | #201 | 1,742 |
| 2024 | #5,615 | 22 | #211 | 1,686 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #198 | 1,845 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #223 | 1,625 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #230 | 1,605 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #242 | 1,484 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #248 | 1,475 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #237 | 1,614 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #223 | 1,718 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #202 | 1,994 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #192 | 2,142 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #197 | 2,064 |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | #183 | 2,216 |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | #151 | 2,694 |
| 2011 | #4,151 | 35 | #134 | 3,046 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #119 | 3,413 |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 | #103 | 4,025 |
| 2008 | #2,538 | 74 | #96 | 4,773 |
| 2007 | #2,710 | 67 | #92 | 5,055 |
| 2006 | #2,165 | 89 | #91 | 4,775 |
| 2005 | #2,204 | 83 | #98 | 4,438 |
| 2004 | #2,175 | 82 | #104 | 4,157 |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 | #113 | 3,629 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | #153 | 2,601 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 | #195 | 1,878 |
| 2000 | #4,981 | 23 | #240 | 1,406 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #288 | 1,002 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #463 | 486 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #571 | 326 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #633 | 268 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #729 | 215 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #732 | 206 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #936 | 132 |
| 1992 | — | #871 | 147 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,895 | 41 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,809 | 14 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Caden! It came in at #6,056, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1985, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Caden is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#41 · 1 in 156
- Nebraska#42 · 1 in 153
- South Dakota#48 · 1 in 151
- Kansas#49 · 1 in 176
- Oklahoma#49 · 1 in 205
Best ever in a state: #32 in Wyoming, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #41 | 104 | 1 in 156 |
| Nebraska | #42 | 69 | 1 in 153 |
| South Dakota | #48 | 28 | 1 in 151 |
| Kansas | #49 | 94 | 1 in 176 |
| Oklahoma | #49 | 101 | 1 in 205 |
| Montana | #53 | 24 | 1 in 168 |
| Arkansas | #60 | 67 | 1 in 225 |
| Idaho | #61 | 39 | 1 in 222 |
| Alabama | #63 | 87 | 1 in 270 |
| Louisiana | #64 | 94 | 1 in 271 |
| Minnesota | #64 | 133 | 1 in 225 |
| Wisconsin | #65 | 127 | 1 in 232 |
| Missouri | #67 | 135 | 1 in 251 |
| West Virginia | #67 | 42 | 1 in 212 |
| Tennessee | #71 | 122 | 1 in 294 |
| Alaska | #75 | 15 | 1 in 219 |
| North Dakota | #76 | 15 | 1 in 223 |
| Wyoming | #76 | 9 | 1 in 202 |
| Indiana | #79 | 136 | 1 in 285 |
| Ohio | #81 | 211 | 1 in 316 |
| Utah | #83 | 75 | 1 in 293 |
| Oregon | #86 | 66 | 1 in 293 |
| Kentucky | #87 | 66 | 1 in 332 |
| Michigan | #87 | 164 | 1 in 342 |
| Maine | #90 | 20 | 1 in 281 |
| Mississippi | #92 | 40 | 1 in 373 |
| New Hampshire | #92 | 18 | 1 in 313 |
| Colorado | #94 | 88 | 1 in 337 |
| Washington | #94 | 103 | 1 in 335 |
| Illinois | #102 | 176 | 1 in 445 |
| Georgia | #107 | 124 | 1 in 470 |
| Pennsylvania | #107 | 133 | 1 in 477 |
| Texas | #111 | 417 | 1 in 430 |
| Vermont | #115 | 6 | 1 in 377 |
| North Carolina | #119 | 96 | 1 in 531 |
| Virginia | #119 | 77 | 1 in 554 |
| Hawaii | #120 | 12 | 1 in 418 |
| Arizona | #122 | 90 | 1 in 460 |
| Rhode Island | #128 | 9 | 1 in 560 |
| Florida | #135 | 146 | 1 in 655 |
| Nevada | #142 | 26 | 1 in 532 |
| South Carolina | #143 | 31 | 1 in 676 |
| Connecticut | #155 | 21 | 1 in 828 |
| Delaware | #155 | 6 | 1 in 684 |
| New Mexico | #156 | 18 | 1 in 605 |
| Maryland | #171 | 32 | 1 in 891 |
| California | #176 | 304 | 1 in 829 |
| Massachusetts | #176 | 32 | 1 in 1,063 |
| New York | #232 | 78 | 1 in 1,407 |
| New Jersey | #259 | 28 | 1 in 1,696 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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 Caden
- 10 spots since 2024 (#211 → #201)
- 41 spots since 2020 (#242 → #201)
- 9 spots since 2015 (#192 → #201)
- Biggest jump: 1,024 spots in 1992 (#1,895 → #871)
- Biggest drop: 65 spots in 1993 (#871 → #936)
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2006 at #91 (4,775 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2005–2008
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1992–2025
- Highest: 1 in 411 boys born in 2007 were named Caden (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 981 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- Its best rank, #91 in 2006, was only 1 in 430 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 51.0% of all boys named Caden (36,737) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 90 | #3,079 (1988) | #4,831 |
| 1990s | 2,850 | #288 (1999) | #961 |
| 2000s | 36,737 | #91 (2006) | #129 |
| 2010s | 22,376 | #119 (2010) | #189 |
| 2020s | 9,987 | #198 (2023) | #218 |
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.
Caden in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 22,393 of them was named Caden, which outranked 88.5% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,155Naila83
- #2,155Passion83
- #2,155Stefani83
- #2,175Caden82
- #2,175Ailani82
- #2,175Allysa82
- #2,175Catarina82
- #2,195Audrie81
- #2,195Brigitte81
- #2,195Davina81
Tied with 19 names at #2,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 478 of them was named Caden, which outranked 99.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.