How popular is the name Cade?

Cade ranks 447th among boys' names in US records, with 55,713 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 18,124.

Is Cade a unisex name?

No. Cade is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2001, when 2,493 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Kade. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#447 of boy names

Pronounced K EY1 D (ARPABET)

Cade is a boys' name, and first appears in 1953. It has been given to 55,713 children — the 447th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2001, when 2,493 children were given it.

Kade is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

20012,493

These spellings sound identical to Cade and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Cade?: Cade ranks 447th among boys' names in US records, with 55,713 births since 1953. Over the past decade it accounts for 18,124.
Is Cade a unisex name?: No. Cade is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Cade most popular?: 2001, when 2,493 children were given the name. It has been in use for 72 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Cade spelled?: Kade. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.