# Kadence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kadence/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,298 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,680 / 11,618 (87% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 112, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard spelling of 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 | 631 | 469 |
| 2012 | 657 | 469 |
| 2013 | 630 | 483 |
| 2014 | 602 | 515 |
| 2015 | 534 | 574 |
| 2016 | 411 | 700 |
| 2017 | 402 | 715 |
| 2018 | 302 | 893 |
| 2019 | 253 | 1,019 |
| 2020 | 253 | 1,004 |
| 2021 | 189 | 1,246 |
| 2022 | 175 | 1,347 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,448 |
| 2024 | 139 | 1,538 |
| 2025 | 129 | 1,616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 2,094 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,929 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,189 |
| 2014 | 91 | 1,684 |
| 2015 | 79 | 1,861 |
| 2016 | 61 | 2,221 |
| 2017 | 80 | 1,848 |
| 2018 | 79 | 1,891 |
| 2019 | 105 | 1,586 |
| 2020 | 97 | 1,649 |
| 2021 | 97 | 1,694 |
| 2022 | 106 | 1,636 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,635 |
| 2024 | 85 | 1,888 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,014 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 9 | 2,410 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |

## 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.