How rare is the name Cadence?

20,403 people in the United States have the first name Cadence, about 1 in 14,803. It ranks #1,580 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

CADENCE

#1,580

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,403
About
1 in 14,803
This common or more
75.7%
Who bears it

Of the 20,403 people named Cadence, 72.1% reported their origin as White, 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% as two or more races. 93.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Cadence peaked in 2007, when 1,788 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19742025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
1,788
In 2025*
321 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 24,555 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.

Cadence by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #575. The largest share of babies named Cadence, 62.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#13,04341
1980s#9,428110
1990s#4,731429
2000s#57511,264
2010s#64410,272
2020s#1,3572,439
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–1262.5%
2013 and later36%

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 Cadence is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Cadence has been most common in Alaska (3.3×), Nevada (2.2×), and Colorado (1.9×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.48×).

21,951 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 Cadence

#1,578 Audra · 20,405#1,579 Mariela · 20,404#1,581 Alessandra · 20,401#1,582 Emilee · 20,367

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,505 Caydence · 3,106#12,068 Cadance · 1,043#12,710 Caidence · 972#27,859 Caydance · 326#31,546 Cadynce · 271#39,517 Caidance · 191#52,133 Cadince · 109

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