Girls' name · since 1986
Caydee
Caydee has 221 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,511 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 221
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Caydee currently ranks #15511 among girls' names in America, with 221 babies recorded since 1986.
Caydee has 221 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15511 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #18,789 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,511 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 221 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Caydee ranks #18,789 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,511 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 221 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,789 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,511 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 221
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Caydee's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Caydee compares
221 39th percentile among 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
Caydee's all-time total is 41% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Caydee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 221 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Caydee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Caydee's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Caydee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #15511 among girls.
221 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 18 births in a single year.
Caydee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (108 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Caydee's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Caydee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
92 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (49% of all-time use).
Caydee decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Caydee by state
Where Caydee concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 4.5% |
10 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Caydee's data
- Caydee's decade-level peak was the 2010s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Caydees (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Caydee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Caydee 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.
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