Caedon — boys' name

What the Data Says About Caedon

The Social Security Administration has registered 410 babies named Caedon between 1995 and 2023, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caedon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caedon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 252 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caedon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caedon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caedon 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 410 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.