Cadence
- #1,022 for girls in 2025, 245 births
- #1,992 for boys in 2025, 76 births
- Given to girls 91.3% of the time
- Around 2003: American Wedding (film)
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 1,707 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,430since 1974
Cadence over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,022 | 245 | #1,992 | 76 |
| 2024 | #1,036 | 243 | #1,795 | 91 |
| 2023 | #952 | 275 | #1,530 | 115 |
| 2022 | #856 | 326 | #2,022 | 75 |
| 2021 | #757 | 377 | #1,750 | 92 |
| 2020 | #679 | 417 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2019 | #545 | 557 | #1,658 | 97 |
| 2018 | #488 | 645 | #1,762 | 87 |
| 2017 | #422 | 752 | #1,918 | 75 |
| 2016 | #379 | 867 | #1,903 | 77 |
| 2015 | #338 | 967 | #1,853 | 79 |
| 2014 | #335 | 1,003 | #1,884 | 77 |
| 2013 | #308 | 1,037 | #1,782 | 81 |
| 2012 | #291 | 1,091 | #1,942 | 73 |
| 2011 | #275 | 1,151 | #1,824 | 78 |
| 2010 | #227 | 1,382 | #1,626 | 96 |
| 2009 | #223 | 1,460 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2008 | #212 | 1,612 | #1,932 | 74 |
| 2007 | #199 | 1,707 | #1,795 | 81 |
| 2006 | #214 | 1,599 | #1,638 | 87 |
| 2005 | #207 | 1,670 | #1,801 | 72 |
| 2004 | #218 | 1,552 | #1,629 | 79 |
| 2003 | #476 | 620 | #1,845 | 64 |
| 2002 | #958 | 232 | #2,125 | 50 |
| 2001 | #2,126 | 77 | #2,864 | 32 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #2,405 | 61 | #3,834 | 19 |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
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| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
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First appearance
1974
The first year at least five girls were named Cadence! It came in at #5,360, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Cadence is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#134 · 1 in 331
- Idaho#351 · 1 in 1,194
- Oregon#548 · 1 in 2,175
- Virginia#573 · 1 in 2,595
- North Carolina#601 · 1 in 2,734
Best ever in a state: #37 in Alaska, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #134 | 5 | 1 in 331 |
| Idaho | #351 | 6 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Virginia | #573 | 13 | 1 in 2,595 |
| North Carolina | #601 | 17 | 1 in 2,734 |
| Georgia | #611 | 17 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 14 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Massachusetts | #761 | 6 | 1 in 4,005 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Ohio | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,909 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| California | #1,111 | 23 | 1 in 7,031 |
| Texas | #1,314 | 19 | 1 in 8,450 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
| Florida | #1,545 | 8 | 1 in 10,845 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 14 spots since 2024 (#1,036 → #1,022)
- 343 spots since 2020 (#679 → #1,022)
- Biggest jump: 1,168 spots in 2002
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 2007 at #199 (1,707 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 2002–2023
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,106
- Highest: 1 in 1,106 girls born in 2005 were named Cadence (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,560 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #199 in 2007, was only 1 in 1,126 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 47.2% of all girls named Cadence (10,591) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41 | #5,360 (1974) | #6,798 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,496 (1988) | #6,699 |
| 1990s | 353 | #2,405 (1999) | #3,566 |
| 2000s | 10,591 | #199 (2007) | #729 |
| 2010s | 9,452 | #227 (2010) | #361 |
| 2020s | 1,883 | #679 (2020) | #884 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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