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

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Peak · girls
#1,138
1992 · 155 births
Debut · girls
1970
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,434
since 1970

Cady over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cady has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #1,138, 1992girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#9,45710—
2024#7,59414—
2023#6,16919—
2022#4,90727—
2021#5,74821—
2020#4,88026—
2019#7,02516—
2018#4,23733—
2017#5,33824—
2016#4,85028—
2015#5,28825—
2014#3,92538—
2013#5,01327—
2012#6,11021—
2011#4,91528—
2010#3,96138—
2009#3,25251—
2008#3,05456—
2007#3,32950—
2006#2,57970—
2005#2,12287—
2004#2,24078—
2003#2,67359—
2002#2,41466—
2001#2,28870—
2000#2,63256—
1999#2,01877—
1998#2,24463—
1997#1,94574—
1996#1,99470—
1995#1,492106—
1994#1,454109—
1993#1,336125—
1992#1,138155—
1991#1,150154—
1990#1,154149—
1989#2,11958—
1988#2,33047#5,7517
1987#3,03131—
1986#3,75722#5,9266
1985#3,24627#5,1477
1984#6,29110—
1983#4,47616—
1982#8,2247—
1981#5,25413—
1980#3,99219—
1979#5,75111—
1978#5,95810—
1977#6,3409—
1976#6,6118—
1975#5,9849—
1974#7,6806—
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First appearance
1970

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 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,229 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 24,697 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Cady, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,229 · 1 in 24,697

Best ever in a state: #420 in Minnesota, 1990.

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See more about Cady
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1992 at #1,138 (155 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,896
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 44.5% of all girls named Cady (1,082) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s64#5,751 (1979)#6,701
1980s250#2,119 (1989)#4,272
1990s1,082#1,138 (1992)#1,593
2000s643#2,122 (2005)#2,658
2010s278#3,925 (2014)#5,066
2020s117#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 2001

girls
#2,288
70 births · 1 in 25,723 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #2,288Cady70
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 25,723 of them was named Cady, which outranked 87.3% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cady
  1. #2,259Tahlia71
  2. #2,259Toby71
  3. #2,259Tricia71
  4. #2,288Cady70
  5. #2,288Breona70
  6. #2,288Brianda70
  7. #2,288Brynne70
  8. #2,304Alix69
  9. #2,304Blessing69
  10. #2,304Calla69

Tied with 15 names at #2,288; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →