Kadeem — #4481 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kadeem

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,620 babies named Kadeem between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kadeem currently holds the #4481 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 391 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kadeem performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,774 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kadeem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 777 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Kadeem in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kadeem 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 2,620 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.