Cady
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #5,751
Given to girls 99.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1992 · 155 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,434since 1970
Cady over time
Rank among girls' names. Cady has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,594 | 14 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,907 | 27 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | — | |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,915 | 28 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,961 | 38 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,329 | 50 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,579 | 70 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,122 | 87 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,240 | 78 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,673 | 59 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,414 | 66 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,288 | 70 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,018 | 77 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,492 | 106 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,454 | 109 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,336 | 125 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,138 | 155 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,150 | 154 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,154 | 149 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,119 | 58 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,330 | 47 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #3,031 | 31 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cady! It came in at #7,995, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cady is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#424 · 1 in 2,456
- Minnesota#479 · 1 in 3,768
- Kentucky#531 · 1 in 4,197
- Michigan#594 · 1 in 4,755
- Indiana#752 · 1 in 6,648
Best ever in a state: #420 in Minnesota, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #424 | 7 | 1 in 2,456 |
| Minnesota | #479 | 7 | 1 in 3,768 |
| Kentucky | #531 | 5 | 1 in 4,197 |
| Michigan | #594 | 12 | 1 in 4,755 |
| Indiana | #752 | 5 | 1 in 6,648 |
| Washington | #816 | 5 | 1 in 6,156 |
| Florida | #879 | 10 | 1 in 7,508 |
| North Carolina | #896 | 5 | 1 in 7,967 |
| Illinois | #1,024 | 8 | 1 in 9,410 |
| Ohio | #1,145 | 5 | 1 in 13,589 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,192 | 5 | 1 in 13,692 |
| Texas | #1,292 | 11 | 1 in 12,507 |
| New York | #1,539 | 7 | 1 in 16,587 |
| California | #1,553 | 15 | 1 in 17,120 |
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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.
See more about Cady
- 1,863 spots since 2024 (#7,594 → #9,457)
- 4,577 spots since 2020 (#4,880 → #9,457)
- 4,169 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #9,457)
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1992 at #1,138 (155 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,896 girls born in 1992 were named Cady (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 44.5% of all girls named Cady (1,082) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64 | #5,751 (1979) | #6,701 |
| 1980s | 250 | #2,119 (1989) | #4,272 |
| 1990s | 1,082 | #1,138 (1992) | #1,593 |
| 2000s | 643 | #2,122 (2005) | #2,658 |
| 2010s | 278 | #3,925 (2014) | #5,066 |
| 2020s | 117 | #4,880 (2020) | #6,459 |
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.
Cady in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 11,896 of them was named Cady, which outranked 92.7% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,131Krystin156
- #1,131Lee156
- #1,131Savanah156
- #1,138Cady155
- #1,138Colby155
- #1,138Ginger155
- #1,138Janee155
- #1,146Cari154
- #1,146Leilani154
- #1,146Shamika154
Tied with 7 names at #1,138; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.