girls:
134 births since 1996
#5582 (2nd percentile)
boys:
32.1k births since 1953
#639 (86th percentile)
overall:
32.2k births since 1953
#1415 (82nd percentile)
The name Cade is the #1,415 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 32,243 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 81.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #639 (86.1% percentile) for all time with 32,109 births since 1953. For girls, it ranks #5,582 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 134 births since 1996.
Cade first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (1953 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Cade is available in 59 out of the 71 years between 1953 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 19 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cade has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Cade reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 76.1% percentile (ranked #198) with 876 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 876 births per million (ranked 76.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cade ranks #269 for boys (70.5% percentile) with 663 births per million, which is 75.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cade reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #931) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cade ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 83.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cade".
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