# Cady (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cady/  
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 | Cadi, Cadeigh |
| US babies named this | 2,454 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20 / 2,434 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 138, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 28 | 4,947 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,153 |
| 2013 | 27 | 5,040 |
| 2014 | 38 | 3,938 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,321 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,882 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5,395 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,250 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,086 |
| 2020 | 26 | 4,906 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,791 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,931 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6,212 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,661 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,574 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7 | 5,217 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,029 |
| 1988 | 7 | 5,836 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4,373 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 19 | 1,243 |
| 2006 | 21 | 1,243 |
| 2007 | 14 | 1,741 |
| 2008 | 19 | 1,447 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |

## People named Cady

- Cady McClain, American actress
- Cady Groves, American singer (1989–2020)
- Cady Huffman, American actress

## 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.