# Kaden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaden/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 70,701 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 69,595 / 1,106 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,366, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Caden.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 40 | 3,857 |
| 2011 | 34 | 4,297 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,471 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,293 |
| 2014 | 20 | 6,310 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,743 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,188 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,612 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,938 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,397 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,878 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,807 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,404 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,874 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,997 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,294 | 119 |
| 2012 | 2,955 | 129 |
| 2013 | 2,636 | 151 |
| 2014 | 2,474 | 171 |
| 2015 | 2,345 | 179 |
| 2016 | 2,033 | 200 |
| 2017 | 1,858 | 209 |
| 2018 | 1,703 | 220 |
| 2019 | 1,535 | 244 |
| 2020 | 1,395 | 253 |
| 2021 | 1,330 | 260 |
| 2022 | 1,292 | 267 |
| 2023 | 1,196 | 281 |
| 2024 | 1,115 | 304 |
| 2025 | 1,034 | 328 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 183 | 262 |
| 2012 | 114 | 370 |
| 2013 | 80 | 479 |
| 2014 | 79 | 495 |
| 2015 | 74 | 523 |
| 2016 | 62 | 585 |
| 2017 | 63 | 591 |
| 2018 | 60 | 604 |
| 2019 | 44 | 740 |
| 2020 | 45 | 723 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,139 |
| 2024 | 34 | 924 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## People named Kaden

- Kaden Groves, Australian cyclist

## 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.