How rare is the name Kade?

17,141 people in the United States have the first name Kade, about 1 in 17,620. It ranks #1,762 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KADE

#1,762

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,141
About
1 in 17,620
This common or more
76.9%
Who bears it

Of the 17,141 people named Kade, 81.6% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as two or more races and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kade peaked in 2024, when 1,008 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
1,008
In 2025*
953 ▼5%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 23,573 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Kade by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #700. The largest share of babies named Kade, 47.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#6,309154
1980s#3,085583
1990s#1,4352,606
2000s#8486,851
2010s#7977,785
2020s#7005,588
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–967.9%
Generation Z 1997–1243.4%
2013 and later47.9%

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 Kade is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kade has been most common in Utah (6.8×), Idaho (5.6×), and Montana (3.6×), and least common in New Jersey (0.1×).

21,683 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Kade ranks #46,335 of 156,621, with 496 people. See Kade as a last name

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