How rare is the name Caden?

59,387 people in the United States have the first name Caden, about 1 in 5,086. It ranks #806 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CADEN

#806

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
59,387
About
1 in 5,086
This common or more
66.8%
Who bears it

Of the 59,387 people named Caden, 77% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as Black. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caden peaked in 2007, when 5,122 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
5,122
In 2025*
1,752 ▼66%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 72,993 babies have been given the name since 1979. 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.

Caden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #201. The largest share of babies named Caden, 66.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#10,71090
1990s#1,3382,913
2000s#20137,328
2010s#33222,593
2020s#41210,064
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–961.6%
Generation Z 1997–1266.4%
2013 and later32.1%

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 Caden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caden has been most common in Utah (2.2×), Alaska (2×), and Nevada (1.9×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.22×).

71,464 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 Caden

#804 Candice · 59,920#805 Cheyenne · 59,831#807 Ross · 59,341#808 Hugo · 59,062

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caden, most common first.

#1,206 Cayden · 32,303#1,742 Caiden · 17,391#7,855 Caeden · 1,894#10,571 Cadyn · 1,251#17,090 Cadin · 651#26,764 Cadan · 346#32,785 Cadon · 255#50,139 Cadden · 121

Also a last name

As a last name, Caden ranks #75,813 of 156,621, with 274 people. See Caden as a last name

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