Kaden — #304 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kaden

The Social Security Administration has registered 68,537 babies named Kaden between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaden currently holds the #304 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 4,746 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 34,638 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6,172 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaden 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 68,537 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.