Cady Girl
How popular is Cady?
#9,454 girl name in 2025
10 baby girls were named Cady in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
2,417living people named Cady (est.)
29median age of people named Cady
2,454babies named Cady since 1880
1 in 331,534US babies born in 2025
Cady popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #9,454 for girls (▼ 1864 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,286 in 2015, #4,878 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (155 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,136 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cady counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaydee family of names ranked #1,904 for girls in 2025 (#1,758 the year before), with 73 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaydee | 21 | 29% |
| Kady | 11 | 15% |
| Cady | 10 | 14% |
| Kadie | 13 | 18% |
| Cadie | 5 | 7% |
| Kadee | 8 | 11% |
| Caydee | 5 | 7% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Cady by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 64 | #5,750 |
| 1980s | 250 | #2,114 |
| 1990s | 1,082 | #1,136 |
| 2000s | 643 | #2,121 |
| 2010s | 278 | #3,923 |
| 2020s | 117 | #4,878 |
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Questions
- Is Cady a boy or girl name?
- Cady is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Cady were girls.
- How popular is the name Cady?
- 10 baby girls were named Cady in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
- When was Cady most popular?
- Cady peaked in 1992, when 155 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,136 in 1992.
- How many people are named Cady?
- 2,454 babies have been named Cady in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,417 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 29.
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.