Caden

What Caden means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Caden yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Caden?

US: Steady: #192 in 2015, #201 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #553 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 5,055 boys got the name (#92 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 981 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,912 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,964 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 NH (4.0 per 1,000 boys), DC (2.77 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Caden is #201 in the US and #745 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.4% of US babies named Caden 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

• Kayden2,678 US · 226 E&W
• Kaiden1,476 US · 103 E&W
• Kaden1,034 US · 24 E&W
• Cayden774 US · 39 E&W
• Caiden475 US · 35 E&W
• Kaeden48 US · 5 E&W
• Kyden44 US
• Kadyn41 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Kaden
• Kaeden
• Kaiden
• Kayden
• Caeden
• Caiden
• Cayden

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Caden

Boys

• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Gracie#227Editor’s note Down from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 in the US
• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Emma#3“entire”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Caden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.