Kade

What Kade means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1969, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kade?

US: Steady: #385 in 2015, #348 now. England & Wales: Steady: #640 in 2015, #593 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 993 boys got the name (#345 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 1,811 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,184 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 ND (2.98 per 1,000 boys), HI (2.74 per 1,000 boys), MT (2.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kade is #348 in the US and #593 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Kade were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cade1,392 US · 41 E&W
• Cayde129 US · 7 E&W
• Kayde45 US
• Kaid23 US · 4 E&W
• Kaide12 US
• Gad9 US
• Kayd6 US
• Caide6 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 Kade

Boys

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025

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 Kade’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.