first name
CADE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,587 people named Cade, 86.3% reported their origin as White, 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Cade peaked in 2001, when 1,817 babies got the name.
At least 34,918 babies have been given the name since 1953. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Cade by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #487. The largest share of babies named Cade, 54.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Cade is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cade has been most common in Utah (3.5×), Idaho (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.2×), and least common in New York (0.2×).
33,054 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Cade
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Cade, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Cade ranks #4,246 of 156,621, with 8,077 people. See Cade as a last name
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