Cadance — #16293 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cadance

The Social Security Administration has registered 938 babies named Cadance between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cadance currently holds the #16293 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 108 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cadance performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 627 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Cadance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Cadance in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cadance in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 938 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.