girls:
21.9k births since 1974
#969 (83rd percentile)
boys:
2k births since 1992
#2838 (38th percentile)
overall:
23.9k births since 1974
#1642 (79th percentile)
The name Cadence is the #1,642 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 23,894 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 78.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #969 (83.1% percentile) for all time with 21,936 births since 1974. For boys, it ranks #2,838 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 1,958 births since 1992.
Cadence first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Cadence is available in 49 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (49 years for girls and 31 years for boys). 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 Cadence has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.4% of babies named Cadence were girls.
For girls, Cadence reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 80.1% percentile (ranked #197) with 807 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 823 births per million (ranked 78.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Cadence ranks #684 for girls (27.8% percentile) with 157 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Cadence reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.1% percentile (ranked #801) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 63 births per million (ranked 12.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cadence is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #801 (12.1% percentile) with 63 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cadence".
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