# Kade (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kade/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,573 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,294 / 279 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,487, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Re-spelling of Cade.

## 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 | 8 | 12,715 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,861 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,426 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,758 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7,791 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,727 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,158 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,657 |
| 2019 | 13 | 8,347 |
| 2020 | 11 | 9,225 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,770 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,712 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,409 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,757 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 689 | 412 |
| 2012 | 636 | 437 |
| 2013 | 715 | 413 |
| 2014 | 770 | 404 |
| 2015 | 832 | 385 |
| 2016 | 780 | 411 |
| 2017 | 752 | 415 |
| 2018 | 933 | 355 |
| 2019 | 845 | 376 |
| 2020 | 859 | 363 |
| 2021 | 849 | 381 |
| 2022 | 940 | 351 |
| 2023 | 935 | 351 |
| 2024 | 993 | 345 |
| 2025 | 943 | 349 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 58 | 594 |
| 2012 | 56 | 625 |
| 2013 | 56 | 611 |
| 2014 | 55 | 624 |
| 2015 | 54 | 640 |
| 2016 | 55 | 641 |
| 2017 | 37 | 848 |
| 2018 | 69 | 545 |
| 2019 | 49 | 686 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 52 | 665 |
| 2023 | 47 | 719 |
| 2024 | 59 | 638 |
| 2025 | 65 | 593 |

## People named Kade

- Gottmik, American drag performer and make-up artist

## 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.