# Cadence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cadence/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,555 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,125 / 22,430 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 502, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the word cadence.

## 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 | 1,151 | 275 |
| 2012 | 1,091 | 291 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | 308 |
| 2014 | 1,003 | 335 |
| 2015 | 967 | 340 |
| 2016 | 867 | 379 |
| 2017 | 752 | 422 |
| 2018 | 645 | 488 |
| 2019 | 557 | 545 |
| 2020 | 417 | 680 |
| 2021 | 377 | 758 |
| 2022 | 326 | 856 |
| 2023 | 275 | 952 |
| 2024 | 243 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 245 | 1,022 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 1,824 |
| 2012 | 73 | 1,945 |
| 2013 | 81 | 1,782 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,888 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,855 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,905 |
| 2017 | 75 | 1,922 |
| 2018 | 87 | 1,763 |
| 2019 | 97 | 1,661 |
| 2020 | 107 | 1,540 |
| 2021 | 92 | 1,752 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,024 |
| 2023 | 115 | 1,530 |
| 2024 | 91 | 1,797 |
| 2025 | 76 | 1,994 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,489 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## 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.