Boys' name · since 1996
Kadden
Kadden has 163 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,219 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 163
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kadden is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 163 have been recorded since 1996.
Kadden has 163 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1996 to 2013.
- #14,219 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 163 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadden ranks #14,219 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,219 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 163
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kadden's 163 recorded births place it above 68.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kadden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kadden's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kadden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2013
- Peak year (2004)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kadden by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 82% of the file).
2000s was Kadden's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Kadden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (82% of all-time use).
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- Kadden's decade-level peak was the 2000s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2010s -- 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 Kadden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1996–2013 (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 Kadden 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.