Kadance — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kadance

The Social Security Administration has registered 843 babies named Kadance between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kadance currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 102 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kadance performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 542 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kadance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 39 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kadance in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kadance 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 843 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.