Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Kaydence name popularity since 1925
18,459 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kaydence (95.2% girls, 4.8% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Kaydence is about 14 years old in 2026. Kaydence peaked in 2010 as the #256 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,459
- Named Kaydence, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,292 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.2% girls
- 17,574 girls · 885 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Kaydence 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.
Kaydence births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2009. Measured as a share of all babies, Kaydence peaked in 2010.
- Fastest rise: Between 2003 and 2008, Kaydence became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 7,810 baby girls to 1 in 1,610.
- Steepest fall: Between 2016 and 2021, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 2,080 to 1 in 5,000.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kaydence's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kaydence.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kaydence 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 | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 6,408 | 85 | #358 |
| 2010s | 9,505 | 471 | #349 |
| 2020–25 | 1,661 | 329 | #1,292 |
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
55.8% of babies named Kaydence from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Kaydence is most popular
The index compares Kaydence'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 Kaydence.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.09× | 470 |
| Utah | 2.07× | 304 |
| Arkansas | 1.93× | 342 |
| Arizona | 1.76× | 395 |
| Kentucky | 1.73× | 502 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kaydence 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kaydence (this page) | 17,574 | 2010 |
| Caydence | 3,588 | 2009 |
| Kaidence | 3,345 | 2014 |
| Kaydance | 1,621 | 2007 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kaydence's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kaydence.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kaydence (2010).
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