NameTides

Kadeem

Kadeem was the #4,249 boys' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales.

Kadeem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kadeem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Kadeem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#4,249 (24)#2,440 (9)—
2024#4,433 (23)#3,689 (5)—
2023#5,666 (16)#2,547 (8)—
2022#5,019 (19)——
2021#4,780 (20)——
2020#3,497 (31)——
2019#4,230 (24)#4,702 (3)—
2018#4,094 (25)#3,412 (5)—
2017#2,891 (41)#3,449 (5)—
2016#3,596 (30)——
2015#3,775 (28)#3,373 (5)—
2014#3,787 (27)#3,362 (5)—
2013#3,964 (25)——
2012#4,131 (24)#3,416 (5)—
2011#3,695 (28)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1991 at #498.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1988.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 71,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kadeem is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 72,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 53,000 to 1 in 98,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kadeem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Kadeem (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KadeemCanadaBoys—too few
KadeemEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
KadeemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KadeemUSBoys#4,24924