Boys' name · peaked in 2024
Kade name popularity since 1925
23,573 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kade (1.2% girls, 98.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Kade is about 14 years old in 2026. Kade peaked in 2024 as the #345 name for boys, and it ranked #349 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 23,573
- Named Kade, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #349
- for boys in 2025 (943 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.8% boys
- 279 girls · 23,294 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 6.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Kade made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kade births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Kade both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Kade became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 18,000 baby boys to 1 in 5,730.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Kade's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kade.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kade in each decade, and its rank among boys' 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 | 6 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 154 | #2,997 |
| 1980s | 5 | 578 | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 32 | 2,574 | #611 |
| 2000s | 83 | 6,768 | #414 |
| 2010s | 90 | 7,695 | #385 |
| 2020–25 | 69 | 5,519 | #349 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
47.9% of babies named Kade from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Kade is most popular
The index compares Kade'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 Kade.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 6.52× | 1,218 |
| Idaho | 5.57× | 486 |
| Louisiana | 2.82× | 1,111 |
| Oklahoma | 2.39× | 684 |
| Arizona | 2.25× | 641 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kade and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kade (this page) | 23,294 | 2024 |
| Cade | 34,772 | 2001 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kade's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kade.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kade (2024).
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