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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #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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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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#39 · 1 in 139
- Arkansas#49 · 1 in 206
- Louisiana#51 · 1 in 214
- Alabama#54 · 1 in 214
- Iowa#56 · 1 in 214
Best ever in a state: #9 in Montana, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #39 | 24 | 1 in 139 |
| Arkansas | #49 | 73 | 1 in 206 |
| Louisiana | #51 | 117 | 1 in 214 |
| Alabama | #54 | 113 | 1 in 214 |
| Iowa | #56 | 74 | 1 in 214 |
| Oklahoma | #57 | 89 | 1 in 241 |
| Mississippi | #58 | 65 | 1 in 229 |
| Nebraska | #58 | 50 | 1 in 207 |
| South Dakota | #58 | 22 | 1 in 187 |
| Montana | #64 | 20 | 1 in 200 |
| West Virginia | #64 | 43 | 1 in 199 |
| Kentucky | #65 | 97 | 1 in 242 |
| Missouri | #67 | 142 | 1 in 236 |
| Idaho | #70 | 35 | 1 in 250 |
| Georgia | #76 | 180 | 1 in 328 |
| Kansas | #76 | 63 | 1 in 266 |
| Alaska | #77 | 15 | 1 in 232 |
| Ohio | #80 | 191 | 1 in 328 |
| Tennessee | #80 | 113 | 1 in 321 |
| Oregon | #81 | 66 | 1 in 293 |
| Wyoming | #85 | 9 | 1 in 230 |
| Michigan | #87 | 140 | 1 in 353 |
| Minnesota | #91 | 77 | 1 in 379 |
| Washington | #92 | 104 | 1 in 355 |
| Colorado | #95 | 78 | 1 in 369 |
| Indiana | #95 | 102 | 1 in 367 |
| Delaware | #98 | 11 | 1 in 343 |
| South Carolina | #98 | 55 | 1 in 395 |
| Utah | #100 | 63 | 1 in 365 |
| Wisconsin | #100 | 77 | 1 in 373 |
| Pennsylvania | #104 | 143 | 1 in 434 |
| Maine | #106 | 13 | 1 in 387 |
| North Carolina | #109 | 114 | 1 in 472 |
| Florida | #117 | 185 | 1 in 515 |
| Texas | #117 | 387 | 1 in 482 |
| Vermont | #123 | 5 | 1 in 384 |
| Maryland | #126 | 53 | 1 in 543 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 11 | 1 in 419 |
| Nevada | #129 | 30 | 1 in 478 |
| Illinois | #134 | 127 | 1 in 571 |
| New Mexico | #137 | 21 | 1 in 505 |
| Arizona | #138 | 73 | 1 in 547 |
| Virginia | #138 | 65 | 1 in 649 |
| New Hampshire | #141 | 9 | 1 in 567 |
| Massachusetts | #154 | 39 | 1 in 796 |
| New York | #172 | 114 | 1 in 945 |
| California | #173 | 308 | 1 in 786 |
| Connecticut | #173 | 17 | 1 in 900 |
| New Jersey | #203 | 39 | 1 in 1,144 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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
- 25 spots since 2024 (#303 → #328)
- 75 spots since 2020 (#253 → #328)
- 149 spots since 2015 (#179 → #328)
- Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1994 (#936 → #713)
- Biggest drop: 25 spots in 2025 (#303 → #328)
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 2006 at #92 (4,746 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2005–2008
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
- Highest: 1 in 433 boys born in 2006 were named Kaden (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,652 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 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.
Kaden in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 23,553 of them was named Kaden, which outranked 87.9% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,425Serina79
- #2,425Tristen79
- #2,425Yulisa79
- #2,446Kaden78
- #2,446Adia78
- #2,446Annalyse78
- #2,446Aspyn78
- #2,465Aneesa77
- #2,465Becca77
- #2,465Bernadette77
Tied with 18 names at #2,446; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 488 of them was named Kaden, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.