How rare is the name Kaden?

58,483 people in the United States have the first name Kaden, about 1 in 5,164. It ranks #814 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KADEN

#814

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
58,483
About
1 in 5,164
This common or more
67%
Who bears it

Of the 58,483 people named Kaden, 67.4% reported their origin as White, 12.4% as Black and 7.9% as two or more races. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaden peaked in 2006, when 4,849 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
4,849
In 2025*
1,040 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 70,701 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Kaden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #213. The largest share of babies named Kaden, 66.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#8,329133
1990s#1,2873,110
2000s#21335,392
2010s#30624,660
2020s#5367,401
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–961.9%
Generation Z 1997–1266.8%
2013 and later31.3%

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 Kaden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaden has been most common in Utah (4.4×), Idaho (3.5×), and Wyoming (2.6×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.13×).

69,022 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 Kaden

#812 Bryson · 58,590#813 Felipe · 58,515#815 Beatrice · 58,355#816 Everett · 58,340

Spelled almost the same

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

#878 Kayden · 51,575#1,149 Kaiden · 34,685#4,181 Kadin · 4,586#4,479 Kaeden · 4,152#4,806 Kadyn · 3,758#17,090 Kadon · 651#20,072 Katen · 518#20,377 Kadan · 508

Also a last name

As a last name, Kaden ranks #38,482 of 156,621, with 619 people. See Kaden as a last name

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