Recorded 1973–2021 Girls' name Peak 2002 1,045 births

Kadee — girls' name

1,045 babies named Kadee in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s321980s1791990s2952000s3442010s1782020s17
2000s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Kadee was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

40 babies were named Kadee in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kadee

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,045 babies named Kadee between 1973 and 2021, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kadee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kadee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 344 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kadee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 47 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Utah and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kadee in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kadee 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 1,045 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.

Kadee at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

1,045

Since 1973

49 years of records

Peak year

2002

40 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1973

Recorded for 49 years

Last year on file: 2021

Kadee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1973

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2002)
40
Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
01020304050 202120152009200319971991198519791973 5

Kadee by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
344 births that decade — 33% of Kadee's all-time total
1970s321980s1791990s2952000s3442010s1782020s17

Kadee by state

Where Kadee concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 3 states by recorded births for the name Kadee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
47 4.5%
#2 Utah
11 1.1%
#3 California
5 0.5%
Texas share of Kadee's total US births 4.5%
Even split

47 of 1,045 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kadee?
1,045 babies have been named Kadee since 1973. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2002 with 40 births.
When was Kadee most popular?
Kadee was most popular in the 2000s decade with 344 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Kadee most popular?
The top states for the name Kadee are Texas (47 births), Utah (11 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Kadee been used?
Kadee has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 49 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Kadee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kadence, Kady, Kadie, Kadijah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.