Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 10% girls / 90% boys
Caden is a given name in English-speaking countries that is most commonly used for men. It rose in popularity in the early 2000s due to the popularity of similar-sounding names, such as Aidan, Braden, Hayden, and Jadon.
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kayden yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Kayden has no recorded namesakes and no listed origin, and the name surfaces in SSA records only in 1989. Among names given to nearly three thousand American boys a year, that combination is close to unique — this is a constructed name, assembled from the sounds of Aiden and Hayden rather than inherited from anywhere. The arc is now clearly downward: a 2014 high of 4,741 births at rank 90, falling to 2,882 at rank 125, a 39% decline over ten years. The entire all-time total of 78,924 has accumulated in about thirty-five years. Names built primarily from a popular rhyme tend to fall as fast as they rose, because what carried them up was a sound pattern rather than any particular meaning, and sound patterns date quickly.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | #7,449 |
| 1990 | 8 | #6,136 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,737 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,284 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,321 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,237 |
| 1995 | 51 | #1,748 |
| 1996 | 65 | #1,544 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,432 |
| 1998 | 102 | #1,210 |
| 1999 | 141 | #999 |
| 2000 | 212 | #782 |
| 2001 | 278 | #659 |
| 2002 | 454 | #502 |
| 2003 | 725 | #366 |
| 2004 | 974 | #317 |
| 2005 | 1,298 | #256 |
| 2006 | 1,570 | #230 |
| 2007 | 2,195 | #186 |
| 2008 | 2,596 | #152 |
| 2009 | 2,964 | #138 |
| 2010 | 3,304 | #123 |
| 2011 | 3,744 | #105 |
| 2012 | 3,883 | #97 |
| 2013 | 4,433 | #93 |
| 2014 | 4,741 | #90 |
| 2015 | 4,260 | #95 |
| 2016 | 4,036 | #101 |
| 2017 | 4,010 | #98 |
| 2018 | 4,001 | #97 |
| 2019 | 3,924 | #97 |
| 2020 | 3,646 | #99 |
| 2021 | 3,579 | #108 |
| 2022 | 3,478 | #106 |
| 2023 | 3,131 | #114 |
| 2024 | 2,882 | #125 |
