Cadence Girl
How popular is Cadence?
#1,022 girl name in 2025
245 baby girls were named Cadence in the US in 2025, making it the 1022nd most popular girl name. Another 76 boys got the name (#1,992 for boys).
Cadence popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,022 for girls (▲ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 245 girls, 76 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #338 in 2015, #679 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (1,707 girls) |
| Highest rank | #199 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1974 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 16% boys, 84% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cadence counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Cadence family of names ranked #468 for girls in 2025 (#454 the year before), with 623 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence | 245 | 39% |
| Kaydence | 173 | 28% |
| Kadence | 129 | 21% |
| Kaidence | 41 | 7% |
| Caydence | 24 | 4% |
| Caidence | 11 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cadence is most popular
Babies named Cadence per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 0.6 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (74 girls)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (69 girls)
Cadence by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 41 | #5,359 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,491 |
| 1990s | 353 | #2,402 |
| 2000s | 10,591 | #199 |
| 2010s | 9,452 | #227 |
| 2020s | 1,883 | #679 |
Girl names about as popular as Cadence
Questions
- Is Cadence a boy or girl name?
- Cadence is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 84% of babies named Cadence were girls.
- How popular is the name Cadence?
- 245 baby girls were named Cadence in the US in 2025, making it the 1022nd most popular girl name. Another 76 boys got the name (#1,992 for boys).
- When was Cadence most popular?
- Cadence peaked in 2007, when 1,707 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #199 in 2007.
- How many people are named Cadence?
- 24,555 babies have been named Cadence in the US since 1880. We estimate about 24,369 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Cadence most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cadence was most common in Alaska, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.