Boys' name · since 1997
Cadan
328 babies named Cadan in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,103 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,222 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 328
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
328 babies have been named Cadan since 1997, making it today's #11222 boys' name.
Cadan has 328 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11222 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #10,103 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,222 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 328 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cadan ranks #10,103 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,222 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 328 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,103 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,222 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 328
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cadan's 328 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cadan compares
328 47th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cadan's all-time total is 11% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cadan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 328 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 31 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cadan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cadan splits its recorded history at 2010: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cadan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Cadan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (183 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Cadan's strongest decade.
183 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Cadan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
183 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 183 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Cadan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (183 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Cadan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cadan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.