Kady — #6694 US girls' name
2,873 babies named Kady in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Kady was born in this single decade.
134 babies were named Kady in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kady
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,873 babies named Kady between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kady currently holds the #6694 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 134 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kady performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 958 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kady shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 225 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Kady in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kady 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 2,873 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.
Kady at a glance
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Current rank
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Kady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2008)
- 134
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #6694 among girls.
2,873 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 134 births in a single year.
Kady by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 958 births that decade — 33% of Kady's all-time total
Kady decade highlights
- Peak decade 958 births
- Runner-up 780 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kady's strongest decade
958 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kady by state
Where Kady concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 225 | 7.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 189 | 6.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 106 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 64 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 43 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 37 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Florida | | 35 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 31 | 1.1% |
225 of 2,873 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.8% of nationwide
- Texas 6.6% of nationwide
- New York 3.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kady appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.