Boys' name · since 2002
Cadden
Cadden has 67 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,089 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
67 boys have been named Cadden since 2002, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Cadden has 67 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2002 to 2014.
- #20,089 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 67 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cadden ranks #20,089 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,089 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 67
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Cadden's 67 recorded births place it above 55.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Cadden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cadden's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cadden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2014
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Cadden by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (48 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Cadden's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Cadden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Cadden's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2010s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Cadden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~12 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, 2002–2014 (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 Cadden 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.