# Kaydence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaydence/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,459 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 885 / 17,574 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 86, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Fanciful variant 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 | 1,222 | 262 |
| 2012 | 1,200 | 272 |
| 2013 | 1,170 | 274 |
| 2014 | 1,123 | 290 |
| 2015 | 948 | 349 |
| 2016 | 851 | 388 |
| 2017 | 637 | 491 |
| 2018 | 605 | 518 |
| 2019 | 478 | 627 |
| 2020 | 407 | 694 |
| 2021 | 328 | 843 |
| 2022 | 315 | 886 |
| 2023 | 240 | 1,048 |
| 2024 | 198 | 1,199 |
| 2025 | 173 | 1,292 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 35 | 3,210 |
| 2012 | 38 | 3,031 |
| 2013 | 46 | 2,611 |
| 2014 | 53 | 2,414 |
| 2015 | 46 | 2,664 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,745 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,403 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,403 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,246 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2,382 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,144 |
| 2022 | 52 | 2,603 |
| 2023 | 52 | 2,561 |
| 2024 | 56 | 2,459 |
| 2025 | 46 | 2,781 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## 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.