Cadence

Where Cadence comes from

From the word cadence.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cadence
  • English
  • Vowel-ended
Cadence through the years
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #5,360 among girls with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Around this time: American Wedding
    Film, 2003 · Source
    “It rose quickly in popularity in the US in 2003 at the same time as a character named Cadence Flaherty (played by January Jones) was featured in the American Pie movie franchise.”
  3. 2005
    Cadence Brace born
    Canadian tennis player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #199
    1,707 babies named Cadence, the most in any year.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #422.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes
  • Cadence Brace · Canadian tennis player, born 2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name. Quotes are from the linked Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).