Kaden

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #328 for boys in 2025, 1,034 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2006 · 4,746 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
69,595
since 1977

Kaden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #92, 2006boys
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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#3281,034
2024#9,55610#3031,115
2023#2811,196
2022#13,5926#2671,292
2021#12,2067#2601,330
2020#9,54610#2531,395
2019#9,11211#2441,535
2018#6,79217#2201,703
2017#9,34111#2091,858
2016#7,98814#2002,033
2015#5,65323#1792,345
2014#6,20720#1712,474
2013#4,24334#1512,636
2012#5,39825#1282,955
2011#4,24434#1193,294
2010#3,81640#1063,598
2009#2,44678#1024,068
2008#2,60971#1004,508
2007#2,10196#984,523
2006#1,939103#924,746
2005#1,615125#1004,365
2004#1,90998#1054,137
2003#2,52264#1213,337
2002#3,06947#1742,220
2001#2,88150#2231,549
2000#5,49120#2731,187
1999#4,87022#316898
1998#6,07316#433532
1997#6,48314#513394
1996#8,13210#529373
1995#13,3865#629268
1994#7,60411#713215
1993#9,5598#936132
1992#1,097100
1991#1,52857
1990#1,53055
1989#1,83141
1988#2,59922
1987#2,64120
1986#3,26814
1985#4,3339
1984#4,9737
1983#4,1419
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Kaden! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1977–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kaden is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #43 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 137 boysAKMaine: #69 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 216 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kaden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #92 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 313 boysNHWashington: #80 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 303 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 108 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 88 boysMTNorth Dakota: #15 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 84 boysNDMinnesota: #85 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 325 boysMNIllinois: #138 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 598 boysILWisconsin: #75 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 275 boysWIMichigan: #97 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 413 boysMINew York: #197 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 1,180 boysNYMassachusetts: #192 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,215 boysMARhode Island: #128 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 560 boysRIOregon: #56 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 204 boysORNevada: #100 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 364 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 96 boysWYSouth Dakota: #17 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 96 boysSDIowa: #47 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 163 boysIAIndiana: #72 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 260 boysINOhio: #83 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 321 boysOHPennsylvania: #126 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 598 boysPANew Jersey: #310 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,158 boysNJConnecticut: #238 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,581 boysCTCalifornia: #183 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 849 boysCAUtah: #31 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 150 boysUTColorado: #99 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 349 boysCONebraska: #30 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 129 boysNEMissouri: #59 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 228 boysMOKentucky: #80 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 313 boysKYWest Virginia: #70 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 223 boysWVVirginia: #149 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 711 boysVAMaryland: #156 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 770 boysMDDelaware: #104 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 411 boysDEArizona: #142 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 537 boysAZNew Mexico: #113 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 403 boysNMKansas: #43 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 167 boysKSArkansas: #61 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 228 boysARTennessee: #104 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 408 boysTNNorth Carolina: #153 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 708 boysNCSouth Carolina: #99 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 411 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kaden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #36 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 167 boysOKLouisiana: #52 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 214 boysLAMississippi: #78 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 339 boysMSAlabama: #105 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 420 boysALGeorgia: #141 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 620 boysGAHawaii: #89 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 314 boysHITexas: #129 for boys · 344 births · 1 in 521 boysTXFlorida: #141 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 683 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#9 · 1 in 88
  2. North Dakota#15 · 1 in 84
  3. Idaho#16 · 1 in 108
  4. South Dakota#17 · 1 in 96
  5. Wyoming#23 · 1 in 96

Best ever in a state: #9 in Montana, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#9461 in 88
North Dakota#15401 in 84
Idaho#16801 in 108
South Dakota#17441 in 96
Wyoming#23191 in 96
Nebraska#30821 in 129
Utah#311471 in 150
Oklahoma#361241 in 167
Alaska#43241 in 137
Kansas#43991 in 167
Iowa#47991 in 163
Louisiana#521191 in 214
Oregon#56951 in 204
Missouri#591491 in 228
Arkansas#61661 in 228
Maine#69261 in 216
West Virginia#70401 in 223
Indiana#721491 in 260
Wisconsin#751071 in 275
Mississippi#78441 in 339
Kentucky#80701 in 313
Washington#801141 in 303
Ohio#832081 in 321
Minnesota#85921 in 325
Hawaii#89161 in 314
New Hampshire#92181 in 313
Michigan#971361 in 413
Colorado#99851 in 349
South Carolina#99511 in 411
Nevada#100381 in 364
Delaware#104101 in 411
Tennessee#104881 in 408
Alabama#105561 in 420
New Mexico#113271 in 403
Pennsylvania#1261061 in 598
Rhode Island#12891 in 560
Texas#1293441 in 521
Illinois#1381311 in 598
Florida#1411401 in 683
Georgia#141941 in 620
Arizona#142771 in 537
Virginia#149601 in 711
North Carolina#153721 in 708
Maryland#156371 in 770
California#1832971 in 849
Massachusetts#192281 in 1,215
New York#197931 in 1,180
Connecticut#238111 in 1,581
New Jersey#310221 in 2,158
District of Columbia
Vermont

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 Kaden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 25 spots since 2024 (#303#328)
  • 75 spots since 2020 (#253#328)
  • 149 spots since 2015 (#179#328)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1994 (#936#713)
  • Biggest drop: 25 spots in 2025 (#303#328)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2006 at #92 (4,746 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2005–2008
  • Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 433
  • Highest: 1 in 433 boys born in 2006 were named Kaden (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,652 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 49.8% of all boys named Kaden (34,640) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#5,845 (1977)#5,845
1980s133#1,831 (1989)#3,962
1990s3,024#316 (1999)#822
2000s34,640#92 (2006)#139
2010s24,431#106 (2010)#173
2020s7,362#253 (2020)#282

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.

Kaden in 2004

girls
#1,909
98 births · 1 in 18,737 girls
boys
#105
4,137 births · 1 in 480 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #1,909Kaden98

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #105Kaden4,137
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 18,737 of them was named Kaden, which outranked 89.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaden
  1. #1,895Willa99
  2. #1,895Yanira99
  3. #1,895Yara99
  4. #1,909Kaden98
  5. #1,909Adalyn98
  6. #1,909Amayah98
  7. #1,909Anijah98
  8. #1,925Adria97
  9. #1,925Amethyst97
  10. #1,925Azalea97

Tied with 15 names at #1,909; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 948Rubi#1,561#613
  2. 607Kaydence#984#377
  3. 548Marin#1,383#835
  4. 543Diya#1,416#873
  5. 479Kadence#869#390
Fallers
  1. 1,607Arly#949#2,556
  2. 433Shakira#747#1,180
  3. 414Anais#990#1,404
  4. 365Lisbeth#742#1,107
  5. 274Reanna#990#1,264

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

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 480 of them was named Kaden, which outranked 99.2% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kaden
  1. #102Victor4,289
  2. #103Alexis4,175
  3. #104Caden4,157
  4. #105Kaden4,137
  5. #106Riley4,110
  6. #107Brayden4,066
  7. #108Bryce4,024
Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. 1,308Koda#2,238#930
  2. 1,190Tayshaun#2,153#963
  3. 1,006Kanye#1,492#486
  4. 910Kyan#1,497#587
  5. 814Jaidyn#1,630#816
Fallers
  1. 455Jahiem#873#1,328
  2. 325Ervin#942#1,267
  3. 323Jahir#809#1,132
  4. 282Jaheim#457#739
  5. 270Sabastian#946#1,216

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

See the top 100 for 2004