# Caden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caden/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪdn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kaden, Kaeden, Kaiden, Kayden, Caeden, Caiden, Cayden |
| US babies named this | 72,993 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 72,045 / 948 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,137, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Invented by American parents in the 1990s to rhyme with the equally fashionable Aidan, Braden, Hayden and Jayden.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 4,163 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,857 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,056 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,134 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,064 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,963 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,522 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8,709 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,222 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,688 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,084 |
| 2022 | 13 | 8,122 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,096 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,655 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,573 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,046 | 134 |
| 2012 | 2,694 | 151 |
| 2013 | 2,216 | 183 |
| 2014 | 2,064 | 197 |
| 2015 | 2,142 | 192 |
| 2016 | 1,994 | 202 |
| 2017 | 1,718 | 223 |
| 2018 | 1,614 | 237 |
| 2019 | 1,475 | 248 |
| 2020 | 1,484 | 242 |
| 2021 | 1,605 | 230 |
| 2022 | 1,625 | 223 |
| 2023 | 1,845 | 198 |
| 2024 | 1,686 | 211 |
| 2025 | 1,742 | 201 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 145 | 310 |
| 2012 | 107 | 389 |
| 2013 | 77 | 493 |
| 2014 | 79 | 495 |
| 2015 | 69 | 553 |
| 2016 | 66 | 565 |
| 2017 | 70 | 554 |
| 2018 | 65 | 572 |
| 2019 | 53 | 655 |
| 2020 | 59 | 601 |
| 2021 | 48 | 719 |
| 2022 | 39 | 810 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 66 | 576 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Caden

- Caden Cunningham, British taekwondo practitioner
- Caden Clark, American soccer player

## 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.