Kaden
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #328 for boys in 2025, 1,034 births
- Given to boys 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 4,746 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 69,595since 1977
Kaden over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #328 | 1,034 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #303 | 1,115 |
| 2023 | — | #281 | 1,196 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #267 | 1,292 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #260 | 1,330 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #253 | 1,395 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #244 | 1,535 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #220 | 1,703 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #209 | 1,858 |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | #200 | 2,033 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 | #179 | 2,345 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #171 | 2,474 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 | #151 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | #5,398 | 25 | #128 | 2,955 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #119 | 3,294 |
| 2010 | #3,816 | 40 | #106 | 3,598 |
| 2009 | #2,446 | 78 | #102 | 4,068 |
| 2008 | #2,609 | 71 | #100 | 4,508 |
| 2007 | #2,101 | 96 | #98 | 4,523 |
| 2006 | #1,939 | 103 | #92 | 4,746 |
| 2005 | #1,615 | 125 | #100 | 4,365 |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | #105 | 4,137 |
| 2003 | #2,522 | 64 | #121 | 3,337 |
| 2002 | #3,069 | 47 | #174 | 2,220 |
| 2001 | #2,881 | 50 | #223 | 1,549 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #273 | 1,187 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #316 | 898 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #433 | 532 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | #513 | 394 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #529 | 373 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #629 | 268 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #713 | 215 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #936 | 132 |
| 1992 | — | #1,097 | 100 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,528 | 57 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,530 | 55 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,831 | 41 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,641 | 20 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,268 | 14 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1977
The first year at least five boys were named Kaden! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaden 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 · boys
- West Virginia#140 · 1 in 440
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 774
- Indiana#229 · 1 in 880
- Maine#234 · 1 in 769
- Virginia#237 · 1 in 1,035
Best ever in a state: #9 in Montana, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #140 | 14 | 1 in 440 |
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 774 |
| Indiana | #229 | 36 | 1 in 880 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Virginia | #237 | 36 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Kentucky | #245 | 22 | 1 in 934 |
| Massachusetts | #246 | 24 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Alabama | #250 | 22 | 1 in 978 |
| Missouri | #252 | 28 | 1 in 993 |
| Michigan | #259 | 39 | 1 in 1,031 |
| Oklahoma | #264 | 18 | 1 in 982 |
| Georgia | #272 | 45 | 1 in 1,116 |
| Iowa | #276 | 14 | 1 in 988 |
| Washington | #282 | 26 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Ohio | #283 | 43 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Pennsylvania | #290 | 39 | 1 in 1,340 |
| Nebraska | #293 | 8 | 1 in 1,102 |
| Idaho | #302 | 8 | 1 in 1,079 |
| North Carolina | #303 | 41 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 18 | 1 in 1,302 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 17 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 19 | 1 in 1,289 |
| Maryland | #319 | 17 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Nevada | #323 | 9 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Kansas | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Arkansas | #332 | 10 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Texas | #332 | 113 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Florida | #348 | 56 | 1 in 1,706 |
| Utah | #351 | 13 | 1 in 1,513 |
| Louisiana | #353 | 14 | 1 in 1,366 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Connecticut | #361 | 8 | 1 in 1,651 |
| Illinois | #363 | 29 | 1 in 1,709 |
| California | #376 | 91 | 1 in 1,928 |
| Tennessee | #430 | 18 | 1 in 2,043 |
| Oregon | #438 | 8 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Colorado | #441 | 13 | 1 in 2,065 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 17 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Arizona | #491 | 14 | 1 in 2,337 |
| New York | #562 | 28 | 1 in 3,015 |
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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 Kaden
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 75 spots since 2020 (#253 → #328)
- Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1994
- Biggest drop: 25 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2006 at #92 (4,746 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2005–2008
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 433
- Highest: 1 in 433 boys born in 2006 were named Kaden (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,652 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 49.8% of all boys named Kaden (34,640) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #5,845 (1977) | #5,845 |
| 1980s | 133 | #1,831 (1989) | #3,962 |
| 1990s | 3,024 | #316 (1999) | #822 |
| 2000s | 34,640 | #92 (2006) | #139 |
| 2010s | 24,431 | #106 (2010) | #173 |
| 2020s | 7,362 | #253 (2020) | #282 |
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.
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