# Kaeden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaeden/  
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 | 5,258 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,100 / 158 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 277, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Modern 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 13,984 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,567 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8,038 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,763 |
| 2004 | 14 | 8,010 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,400 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,902 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,563 |
| 2008 | 15 | 8,323 |
| 2009 | 16 | 7,872 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9,494 |
| 2011 | 13 | 8,882 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,192 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,759 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,380 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 297 | 760 |
| 2012 | 282 | 799 |
| 2013 | 222 | 923 |
| 2014 | 240 | 897 |
| 2015 | 213 | 972 |
| 2016 | 185 | 1,069 |
| 2017 | 182 | 1,080 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,177 |
| 2019 | 136 | 1,336 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,459 |
| 2021 | 112 | 1,561 |
| 2022 | 102 | 1,686 |
| 2023 | 98 | 1,716 |
| 2024 | 68 | 2,159 |
| 2025 | 48 | 2,697 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,191 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,539 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.