NameTides

Kaden

Kaden was the #328 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,034 babies), and #1,197 in England & Wales and #404 in Canada.

Kaden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kaden 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Kaden 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#328 (1,034)#1,197 (24)——#829 (3)#404 (80)
2024#303 (1,115)#924 (34)#619 (4)—#655 (4)#400 (81)
2023#281 (1,196)#1,139 (25)———#358 (84)
2022#267 (1,292)#1,084 (26)#425 (7)——#371 (84)
2021#260 (1,330)#738 (46)#477 (6)—#755 (3)#343 (96)
2020#253 (1,395)#723 (45)——#637 (4)#312 (102)
2019#244 (1,535)#740 (44)#516 (5)—#764 (3)#337 (96)
2018#220 (1,703)#604 (60)—#416 (3)#572 (5)#297 (114)
2017#209 (1,858)#591 (63)#532 (5)#415 (3)—#293 (121)
2016#200 (2,033)#585 (62)——#541 (5)#345 (95)
2015#179 (2,345)#523 (74)#529 (5)#314 (5)#459 (7)#244 (146)
2014#171 (2,474)#495 (79)—#315 (5)#550 (5)#219 (170)
2013#151 (2,636)#479 (80)#366 (9)#343 (4)#605 (4)#244 (139)
2012#128 (2,955)#370 (114)#235 (19)#403 (3)#379 (10)#184 (190)
2011#119 (3,294)#262 (183)#288 (13)#311 (4)#407 (9)#173 (213)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #92.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 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 1,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kaden is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kaden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #306WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #282WAIdaho: #302IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #314MNIllinois: #363ILMichigan: #259MINew York: #562NYMassachusetts: #246MAOregon: #438ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #229INOhio: #283OHPennsylvania: #290PANew Jersey: #452NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #376CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #293NEMissouri: #252MOKentucky: #245KYWest Virginia: #140WVVirginia: #237VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #332ARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #303NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #353LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #250ALGeorgia: #272GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #332TXFlorida: #348FL
Kaden (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#32241
Quebec2025#7165

Kaden (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
KadenCanadaGirls—too few
KadenCanadaBoys#40480
KadenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KadenEngland & WalesBoys#1,19724
KadenIrelandBoys#8293
KadenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KadenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KadenScotlandBoys—too few
KadenUSGirls#13,2086
KadenUSBoys#3281,034