Girls' name · since 1975
Kadie
2,630 babies named Kadie in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,630
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kadie is the #8020 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,630 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadie has been recorded 2,630 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #8020 nationally and more common than 54% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #3,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,020 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,630 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kadie ranks #3,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,020 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,630 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,020 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,630
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kadie's 2,630 recorded births place it above 94.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kadie compares
2,630 Top 19% higher than 81% 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
Kadie's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kadie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,630 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 112 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kadie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kadie's full recorded timeline at 2000, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1976, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 112 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kadie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 112
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kadie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (892 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Kadie's strongest decade.
892 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Kadie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
560 births
- 1990s
1990s
892 births
- 2000s
2000s
732 births
- 2010s 296
2010s
296 births
- 2020s 62
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 892 births (34% of all-time use).
How Kadie 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 Kadie's total volume
Kadie by state
Where Kadie concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 190 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 168 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 43 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 42 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 36 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 32 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 32 | 1.2% |
190 of 2,630 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Kadie appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kadie's data
- Kadie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (892 total births); usage has since declined to 62 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kadies (190 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Kadie
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kadie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kadie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Kadie 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.