girls:
254 births since 1987
#5462 (4th percentile)
boys:
21.3k births since 1969
#786 (83rd percentile)
overall:
21.6k births since 1969
#1734 (78th percentile)
The name Kade is the #1,734 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21,602 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 77.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #786 (82.9% percentile) for all time with 21,348 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,462 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 254 births since 1987.
Kade first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Kade is available in 54 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (54 years for boys and 30 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 Kade has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kade reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 64.5% percentile (ranked #329) with 500 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 510 births per million (ranked 63.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2007, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kade is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #331 (63.7% percentile) with 510 births per million.
For girls, Kade reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #950) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kade ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 89.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kade".
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