Cade

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #248 for boys in 2025, 1,392 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 1,811 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
34,772
since 1953

Cade over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cade has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #201, 2001boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#2481,392
2024#13,4776#2721,265
2023#11,1698#2801,218
2022#15,3065#2921,170
2021#10,2929#338961
2020#376823
2019#11,3568#397787
2018#386830
2017#445697
2016#14,3316#410781
2015#13,0067#364892
2014#11,9318#361880
2013#375807
2012#16,8695#369821
2011#16,7645#347867
2010#330949
2009#12,4298#325986
2008#3091,074
2007#2941,173
2006#15,1526#2871,215
2005#11,8348#2861,162
2004#9,26411#2531,309
2003#15,7845#2211,576
2002#9,48210#2081,716
2001#13,5216#2011,811
2000#2161,646
1999#14,4115#2251,498
1998#336806
1997#9,0179#460480
1996#13,5185#493428
1995#516393
1994#591303
1993#696221
1992#825163
1991#885142
1990#881136
1989#962112
1988#943104
1987#904108
1986#1,00884
1985#897102
1984#1,05472
1983#1,00078
1982#1,19360
1981#1,02479
1980#1,13364
1979#1,24155
1978#1,27250
1977#98176
1976#1,46937
1975#1,06561
1974#1,06560
1973#1,04560
1972#99366
1971#2,27917
1970#3,2829
1969#3,3148
1968#2,9079
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1965#2,9828
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First appearance
1953

The first year at least five boys were named Cade! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1953–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Cade is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,122 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 24,033 boysCAUtah: #235 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,932 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #453 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,062 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedHITexas: #1,079 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 22,240 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Cade, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#235 · 1 in 1,932
  2. Louisiana#453 · 1 in 4,062
  3. Texas#1,079 · 1 in 22,240
  4. California#1,122 · 1 in 24,033

Best ever in a state: #54 in South Dakota, 2001.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#235101 in 1,932
Louisiana#45391 in 4,062
Texas#1,07961 in 22,240
California#1,12281 in 24,033
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cade
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 24 spots since 2024 (#272#248)
  • 128 spots since 2020 (#376#248)
  • 116 spots since 2015 (#364#248)
  • Biggest jump: 1,286 spots in 1972 (#2,279#993)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1978 (#981#1,272)
Rise & fade · boys
48 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1953
  • Peaked 2001 at #201 (1,811 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1987–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,073
  • Highest: 1 in 1,073 boys born in 2001 were named Cade (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,227 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 39.3% of all boys named Cade (13,668) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,798 (1953)#3,798
1960s35#2,627 (1966)#2,958
1970s491#981 (1977)#1,469
1980s863#897 (1985)#1,012
1990s4,570#225 (1999)#591
2000s13,668#201 (2001)#260
2010s8,311#330 (2010)#378
2020s6,829#248 (2025)#301

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cade in 1980

boys
#1,133
64 births · 1 in 27,874 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,133Cade64
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 27,874 of them was named Cade, which outranked 84.5% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cade
  1. #1,125Marcell65
  2. #1,125Reymundo65
  3. #1,125Shedrick65
  4. #1,133Cade64
  5. #1,133Bruno64
  6. #1,133Cassidy64
  7. #1,133Corbin64
  8. #1,145Ashton63
  9. #1,145Bilal63
  10. #1,145Chuck63

Tied with 11 names at #1,133; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 381Gideon#1,370#989
  2. 296Bo#864#568
  3. 270Anson#1,137#867
  4. 266Dustan#1,255#989
  5. 255Dusty#614#359
Fallers
  1. 366Harris#991#1,357
  2. 362Tracey#842#1,204
  3. 331Jevon#780#1,111
  4. 321Kennith#937#1,258
  5. 267Levar#644#911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980