Girls' name · since 1998
Kada
139 babies named Kada in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,895 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
139 babies have been named Kada since 1998, making it today's #13895 girls' name.
Kada has 139 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13895 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, 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 1998 to 2025.
- #23,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,895 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 139 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kada ranks #23,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,895 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 139 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,895 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 139
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kada's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kada compares
139 30th 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
Kada's all-time total is 63% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kada | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 139 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kada's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kada's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Kada by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (75 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Kada's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Kada births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
75 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 75 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Kada's decade-level peak was the 2000s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Kada: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Kada 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.