Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Cadence name popularity since 1925
24,555 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cadence (91.3% girls, 8.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2010 or earlier, so the typical Cadence is about 16 years old in 2026. Cadence peaked in 2005 as the #207 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,555
- Named Cadence, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,022 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 91.3% girls
- 22,430 girls · 2,125 boys
- Most popular in
- Colorado
- 1.81× its national share
Peak year is the year Cadence made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Cadence births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Cadence peaked in 2005.
- Fastest rise: Between 2002 and 2007, Cadence became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 7,750 baby girls to 1 in 1,130.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 55%, from 1 in 3,010 to 1 in 6,670.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cadence's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cadence.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cadence in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 41 | 0 | #8,103 |
| 1980s | 110 | 0 | #6,071 |
| 1990s | 353 | 76 | #3,597 |
| 2000s | 10,591 | 673 | #207 |
| 2010s | 9,452 | 820 | #340 |
| 2020–25 | 1,883 | 556 | #1,022 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
62.5% of babies named Cadence from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Cadence is most popular
The index compares Cadence's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Cadence.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 1.81× | 496 |
| Tennessee | 1.62× | 759 |
| Oklahoma | 1.59× | 459 |
| Arizona | 1.51× | 436 |
| Georgia | 1.48× | 910 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cadence and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence (this page) | 22,430 | 2005 |
| Kadence | 11,618 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cadence's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cadence.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cadence (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data