Girls' name · since 1970
Kady
2,885 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.
- #3,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,885
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
2,885 babies have been named Kady since 1970, making it today's #8997 girls' name.
Kady has 2,885 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8997 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2025.
- #3,687 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,997 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,885 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kady ranks #3,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,997 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,885 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,997 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,885
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kady's 2,885 recorded births place it above 94.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kady compares
2,885 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
Kady's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kady | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,885 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 134 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kady's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kady's full recorded timeline at 2000, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 134 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kady popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 134
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Kady by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (958 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Kady's strongest decade.
958 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Kady births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
602 births
- 1990s
1990s
958 births
- 2000s
2000s
780 births
- 2010s 347
2010s
347 births
- 2020s 124
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 958 births (33% of all-time use).
How Kady 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 Kady's total volume
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 2,885 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Kady appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kady's data
- Kady's decade-level peak was the 1990s (958 total births); usage has since declined to 124 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kadys (225 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kady: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1970–2025 (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 Kady 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.