# Cady (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cady/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,084 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,910 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,988 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (8,745 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cady in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cady in the United States.

## People named Cady

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)
- Frank Cady, American actor (1915–2012)
- John Cady, Amateur golfer (1866-1933)
- Carol Cady, American athlete (born 1962)
- Walter Guyton Cady, American physicist (1874–1974)
- Daniel Cady, American politician
- Jack Cady, American writer (1932–2004)

## Similar surnames

Cody, Cade, Coady, Coad, Cote, Cota, Choate, Cathey, Cato, Cotto, Cate, Cueto.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.