Boys' name · since 1989
Kadarius
Kadarius has 1,096 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1995 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,837 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,271 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,096
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kadarius is the #6271 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 1,096 recorded since 1989.
Kadarius has 1,096 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6271 as of the latest data, more common than 55% of boys, 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 1989 to 2025.
- #4,837 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,271 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,096 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadarius ranks #4,837 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,271 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,096 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,837 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,271 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,096
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kadarius's 1,096 recorded births place it above 89.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Mississippi.
How Kadarius compares
1,096 Top 30% higher than 70% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Kadarius's all-time total is 197% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kadarius | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,096 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kadarius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kadarius splits its recorded history at 2007: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2020 (9 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 63 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kadarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kadarius by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (432 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Kadarius's strongest decade.
432 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Kadarius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
432 births
- 2000s
2000s
395 births
- 2010s 168
2010s
168 births
- 2020s 88
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 432 births (39% of all-time use).
How Kadarius compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kadarius's total volume
Kadarius by state
Where Kadarius concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 147 | 13.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 133 | 12.1% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 80 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 79 | 7.2% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 37 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 22 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
147 of 1,096 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Kadarius's data
- Kadarius's decade-level peak was the 1990s (432 total births); usage has since declined to 88 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Mississippi records the most Kadariuss (147 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Mississippi 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 Kadarius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Kadarius 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.