Girls' name · since 1970
Cady
2,434 babies named Cady in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,434
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Cady is the #9602 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,434 recorded since 1970.
Cady has 2,434 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9602 as of the latest data, more common than 44% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #4,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,602 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,434 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cady ranks #4,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,602 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,434 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,602 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,434
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Cady's 2,434 recorded births place it above 94.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Cady compares
2,434 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Cady's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cady | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,434 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 155 | 21 | 19,840 |
Cady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cady's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 155, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cady popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 155
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Cady popularity over time - boys
20 total births recorded since 1985 (Cady as boys' name)
Cady by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,082 births, 44% of the file).
1990s was Cady's strongest decade.
1,082 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Cady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 64
1970s
64 births
- 1980s 250
1980s
250 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,082 births
- 2000s
2000s
643 births
- 2010s 278
2010s
278 births
- 2020s 117
2020s
117 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,082 births (44% of all-time use).
How Cady compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Cady's total volume
Cady by state
Where Cady concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 173 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 137 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 44 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 31 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 28 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Florida | | 24 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 22 | 0.9% |
173 of 2,434 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Cady appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cady's data
- Cady's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,082 total births); usage has since declined to 117 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cadys (173 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Cady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Cady 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.