# Cade (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cade/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “lump”, “swelling”, “barrel”, “cask”, “domestic animal”, “juniper” |
| Pronunciation | /keɪd/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Caid, Caide, Cayde, Kade, Kaid, Kaide, Kayde |
| US babies named this | 34,918 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 34,772 / 146 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 972, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”). * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 11 | 9,362 |
| 2005 | 8 | 12,027 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,468 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,649 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,247 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,368 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,151 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,269 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,666 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,561 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,445 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,736 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11,368 |
| 2024 | 6 | 13,789 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,507 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 867 | 347 |
| 2012 | 821 | 369 |
| 2013 | 807 | 376 |
| 2014 | 880 | 361 |
| 2015 | 892 | 364 |
| 2016 | 781 | 410 |
| 2017 | 697 | 445 |
| 2018 | 830 | 386 |
| 2019 | 787 | 397 |
| 2020 | 823 | 376 |
| 2021 | 961 | 338 |
| 2022 | 1,170 | 292 |
| 2023 | 1,218 | 280 |
| 2024 | 1,265 | 272 |
| 2025 | 1,392 | 248 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 878 |
| 2012 | 32 | 927 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 45 | 741 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,001 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,019 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 34 | 901 |
| 2023 | 42 | 779 |
| 2024 | 57 | 651 |
| 2025 | 41 | 798 |

## People named Cade

- Cade Cowell, American soccer player
- Cade McNown, All-American college football player, professional football player, quarterback

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.