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 2007
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#40 · 1 in 133
- Louisiana#41 · 1 in 186
- Mississippi#45 · 1 in 203
- Iowa#47 · 1 in 171
- Oklahoma#49 · 1 in 200
Best ever in a state: #32 in Wyoming, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #40 | 16 | 1 in 133 |
| Louisiana | #41 | 139 | 1 in 186 |
| Mississippi | #45 | 81 | 1 in 203 |
| Iowa | #47 | 97 | 1 in 171 |
| Oklahoma | #49 | 109 | 1 in 200 |
| Arkansas | #51 | 76 | 1 in 208 |
| Nebraska | #53 | 57 | 1 in 187 |
| South Dakota | #54 | 24 | 1 in 179 |
| West Virginia | #54 | 53 | 1 in 170 |
| Alabama | #55 | 107 | 1 in 234 |
| Kentucky | #55 | 121 | 1 in 200 |
| Tennessee | #57 | 163 | 1 in 237 |
| Kansas | #59 | 81 | 1 in 212 |
| Georgia | #62 | 224 | 1 in 282 |
| Alaska | #64 | 17 | 1 in 204 |
| Minnesota | #65 | 127 | 1 in 239 |
| Missouri | #68 | 141 | 1 in 248 |
| North Dakota | #68 | 18 | 1 in 196 |
| Ohio | #71 | 249 | 1 in 264 |
| Idaho | #72 | 37 | 1 in 253 |
| Indiana | #72 | 139 | 1 in 282 |
| Colorado | #74 | 109 | 1 in 276 |
| Michigan | #77 | 166 | 1 in 322 |
| Wisconsin | #78 | 102 | 1 in 293 |
| Montana | #79 | 18 | 1 in 230 |
| Pennsylvania | #84 | 180 | 1 in 359 |
| Maine | #85 | 19 | 1 in 285 |
| North Carolina | #85 | 159 | 1 in 353 |
| Maryland | #86 | 86 | 1 in 350 |
| Virginia | #88 | 119 | 1 in 372 |
| Washington | #88 | 108 | 1 in 344 |
| Oregon | #89 | 63 | 1 in 324 |
| Delaware | #91 | 14 | 1 in 293 |
| South Carolina | #91 | 60 | 1 in 383 |
| Vermont | #93 | 8 | 1 in 253 |
| New Hampshire | #94 | 16 | 1 in 342 |
| Texas | #99 | 473 | 1 in 402 |
| Florida | #102 | 230 | 1 in 453 |
| Illinois | #102 | 178 | 1 in 434 |
| Arizona | #109 | 115 | 1 in 394 |
| New Mexico | #116 | 27 | 1 in 425 |
| Massachusetts | #120 | 60 | 1 in 547 |
| Connecticut | #123 | 30 | 1 in 553 |
| Nevada | #142 | 30 | 1 in 534 |
| Rhode Island | #143 | 8 | 1 in 597 |
| Hawaii | #146 | 10 | 1 in 491 |
| Utah | #146 | 45 | 1 in 529 |
| New Jersey | #152 | 59 | 1 in 794 |
| New York | #160 | 125 | 1 in 886 |
| California | #163 | 355 | 1 in 737 |
| District of Columbia | #181 | 7 | 1 in 652 |
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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 28,696 of them was named Caden, which outranked 86.8% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,684Safa68
- #2,684Safiya68
- #2,684Serinity68
- #2,710Caden67
- #2,710Adelle67
- #2,710Adrina67
- #2,710Ambar67
- #2,750Aaliah66
- #2,750Alayla66
- #2,750Aleya66
Tied with 39 names at #2,710; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 411 of them was named Caden, which outranked 99.4% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.