Girls' name · since 1973
Kadee
1,053 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.
- #7,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,053
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,053 babies have been named Kadee since 1973, making it today's #11167 girls' name.
Kadee has 1,053 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11167 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1973 to 2025.
- #7,246 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,167 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,053 born since 1973
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadee ranks #7,246 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,167 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,053 born since 1973, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,167 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,053
- born since 1973
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kadee's 1,053 recorded births place it above 89.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kadee compares
1,053 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Kadee's all-time total is 180% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kadee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,053 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kadee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kadee's full recorded timeline at 1999, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kadee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Kadee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (344 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Kadee's strongest decade.
344 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kadee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
179 births
- 1990s
1990s
295 births
- 2000s
2000s
344 births
- 2010s
2010s
178 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 344 births (33% of all-time use).
How Kadee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kadee's total volume
Kadee by state
Where Kadee concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 47 | 4.5% |
| #2 | Utah | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.5% |
47 of 1,053 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Kadee's data
- Kadee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (344 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kadees (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Kadee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Kadee 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.