girls:
11.3k births since 1994
#1478 (74th percentile)
boys:
1.5k births since 1995
#3137 (32nd percentile)
overall:
12.9k births since 1994
#2323 (70th percentile)
The name Kadence is the #2,323 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,862 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 70.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,478 (74.1% percentile) for all time with 11,345 births since 1994. For boys, it ranks #3,137 (31.6% percentile) for all time with 1,517 births since 1995.
Kadence first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 1995 for boys).
The name Kadence has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 59.1% of babies named Kadence were girls.
For girls, Kadence reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 65.4% percentile (ranked #326) with 449 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 449 births per million (ranked 65.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kadence ranks #799 for girls (15.6% percentile) with 87 births per million, which is 19.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kadence reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #810) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 58 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kadence is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #810 (11.1% percentile) with 58 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kadence".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kadence. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.7% confident that Kadence is pronounced as KAY-duhns, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-dehns, at 10.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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