Caden

Where Caden comes from

Invented by American parents in the 1990s to rhyme with the equally fashionable Aidan, Braden, Hayden and Jayden.
— Wiktionary's entry for Caden
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1979
    First appearance
    #6,056 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Caden Clark born
    American soccer player
  3. 2003
    Caden Cunningham born
    British taekwondo practitioner
  4. 2006
    Peak, #91
    4,775 babies named Caden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #183.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage.
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Caden Cunningham · British taekwondo practitioner, born 2003
  • Caden Clark · American soccer player, born 2003
  • Caden Glover · American soccer player, born 2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.