How rare is the name Kadence?

10,308 people in the United States have the first name Kadence, about 1 in 29,301. It ranks #2,413 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KADENCE

#2,413

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,308
About
1 in 29,301
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,308 people named Kadence, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 13.5% as Black and 8.1% as two or more races. 91% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kadence peaked in 2005, when 953 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19942025
Peak year
2005
Births that year
953
In 2025*
204 ▼79%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 13,298 babies have been given the name since 1994. 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.

Kadence by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #964. The largest share of babies named Kadence, 59.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#15,32876
2000s#9645,752
2010s#1,0245,865
2020s#1,8351,605
Millennials 1981–960.2%
Generation Z 1997–1259.9%
2013 and later39.8%

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 Kadence is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kadence has been most common in Oklahoma (2.3×), Georgia (2.2×), and Nevada (2×), and least common in New Jersey (0.24×).

11,114 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 Kadence

#2,411 Maren · 10,315#2,412 Aj · 10,310#2,414 Georgette · 10,303#2,414 Paloma · 10,303

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,011 Kaydence · 13,652#6,099 Kaidence · 2,671#9,946 Kaydance · 1,366#13,842 Kadance · 863#14,965 Kadynce · 777#21,612 Kaedence · 468#24,850 Kaidance · 385#30,742 Kaydince · 282

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