Cade

What Cade means

Means “lump, swelling”

As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense.

Source: Wiktionary, “Cade” (revision 91676507), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Cade?

US: Rising: up from #364 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #996 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 1,811 boys got the name (#201 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 1,227 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,633 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,637 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.08 per 1,000 boys), OH (2.27 per 1,000 boys), MI (2.09 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Cade is #248 in the US and #798 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.6% of US babies named Cade were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kade943 US · 65 E&W
• Cayde129 US · 7 E&W
• Kayde45 US
• Kaide12 US
• Gad9 US
• Caide6 US
• Cayd5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Cade

Boys

• Reece#460Editor’s note Used for both: 77% of US babies named Reece in 2025 were boys
• Reese#602“ardor”^*
• Dawson#143Short form of David, meaning “beloved”^*
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Campbell#763“crooked + mouth”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*

For a sister

• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*
• Camryn#476Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Kamryn#556Variant of Cameron, meaning “crooked, bent + nose”^*
• Tatum#189Editor’s note Used for both: 49% of US babies named Tatum in 2025 were girls
• Makenna#593Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2005, with 1,619 babies; 495 in 2025
• Kennedy#85“head + ugly”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Cade’s. Rank is US 2025.