NameTides

Caden

Caden was the #201 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,742 babies), and #745 in England & Wales and #316 in Canada.

Caden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Caden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Caden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#201 (1,742)#745 (46)#333 (10)#185 (11)#317 (13)#316 (105)
2024#211 (1,686)#576 (66)#432 (7)#339 (4)#252 (17)#300 (109)
2023#198 (1,845)#738 (45)#366 (9)#312 (5)#436 (8)#326 (94)
2022#223 (1,625)#810 (39)#342 (10)#264 (7)#306 (14)#342 (91)
2021#230 (1,605)#719 (48)#372 (9)#374 (4)#414 (8)#316 (108)
2020#242 (1,484)#601 (59)#426 (7)#213 (9)#324 (13)#359 (87)
2019#248 (1,475)#655 (53)#516 (5)#226 (9)#352 (11)#389 (79)
2018#237 (1,614)#572 (65)#392 (8)#319 (5)#231 (23)#312 (108)
2017#223 (1,718)#554 (70)#490 (6)#202 (10)#250 (20)#302 (114)
2016#202 (1,994)#565 (66)#486 (6)#281 (6)#313 (14)#314 (110)
2015#192 (2,142)#553 (69)#337 (10)#259 (7)#239 (22)#287 (119)
2014#197 (2,064)#495 (79)#439 (7)#228 (9)#364 (11)#339 (94)
2013#183 (2,216)#493 (77)#299 (13)#180 (13)#282 (16)#347 (85)
2012#151 (2,694)#389 (107)#282 (13)#191 (11)#354 (11)#276 (119)
2011#134 (3,046)#310 (145)#261 (15)#183 (13)#326 (13)#249 (130)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #92.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 980 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 980common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Caden is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 940 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 830 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Caden by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #200WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #84NHWashington: #209WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #166MNIllinois: #226ILMichigan: #158MINew York: #197NYMassachusetts: #148MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #219IAIndiana: #239INOhio: #125OHPennsylvania: #166PANew Jersey: #123NJConnecticut: #118CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #238CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #165CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #230MOKentucky: #221KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #148VAMaryland: #184MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #272AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #386KSArkansas: #284ARTennessee: #273TNNorth Carolina: #175NCSouth Carolina: #255SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: #259MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #212GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #299TXFlorida: #206FL
Caden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#24556

Caden (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CadenCanadaGirls—too few
CadenCanadaBoys#316105
CadenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CadenEngland & WalesBoys#74546
CadenIrelandBoys#31713
CadenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CadenNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
CadenScotlandBoys#33310
CadenUSGirls#9,45710
CadenUSBoys#2011,742