girls:
87 births since 1990
#5629 (1st percentile)
boys:
64 births since 1993
#4522 (1st percentile)
overall:
151 births since 1990
#7588 (2nd percentile)
The name Kadian is the #7,588 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 151 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,629 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 87 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,522 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 1993.
Kadian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Kadian is available in 22 out of the 32 years between 1990 and 2021 (15 years for girls and 9 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 Kadian has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (57.6% of all recorded births). In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Kadian were girls. Interestingly, until around 2013, the name was more popular for girls (68.3% girls from 1990 to 2012), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.9% boys from 2013 to 2021).
For girls, Kadian reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #983) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2015.
For boys, Kadian reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #877) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kadian".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kadian. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.7% confident that Kadian is pronounced as KAY-dee-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-DEE-uhn, at 18.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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