Cade
Cade stands at #248 nationally in 2025, and rising year over year. On the books since 1953, peaking in 2001: 34,772 American children so far.
Cade’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Cade, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Cade since 1953
Cade peaked in 2001 at #201; #248 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Cade is most common
Cade is most common in Hawaii: 0.31% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Ohio (0.23%) and Michigan (0.21%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Cade
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Camden
#205 in 2025
Caden
#201 in 2025
Chase
#192 in 2025
Cole
#182 in 2025
Callie
#175 in 2025
Connor
#166 in 2025 · Celtic
Carlos
#150 in 2025 · Teutonic
Colton
#103 in 2025
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About Cade
Where does Cade rank right now?
Cade stands at #248 nationally in 2025, and rising year over year. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1953.
What is the recorded meaning of Cade?
Cade postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
What names go with Cade?
The recipe puts Camden first, then Chase, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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