Recorded 2000–2022 Boys' name Peak 2009 379 births

Kaedan — boys' name

379 babies named Kaedan in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1972010s1592020s23
2000s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Kaedan was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

36 babies were named Kaedan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kaedan

The Social Security Administration has registered 379 babies named Kaedan between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaedan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaedan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 197 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaedan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kaedan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaedan 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 379 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.

Kaedan at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

379

Since 2000

23 years of records

Peak year

2009

36 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2000

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2022

Kaedan popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2009)
36
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
010203040 202220192016201320102007200420012000 5

Kaedan popularity over time — girls

5 total births recorded since 2007 (Kaedan as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 2007 5

Kaedan by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
197 births that decade — 52% of Kaedan's all-time total
2000s1972010s1592020s23

Kaedan by state

Where Kaedan concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kaedan
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
8 2.1%
Texas share of Kaedan's total US births 2.1%

8 of 379 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaedan?
379 babies have been named Kaedan since 2000. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2009 with 36 births.
When was Kaedan most popular?
Kaedan was most popular in the 2000s decade with 197 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Kaedan most popular?
The top states for the name Kaedan are Texas (8 births).
How long has the name Kaedan been used?
Kaedan has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 23 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Kaedan?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kaeden, Kael, Kaedyn, Kaelan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2000–2022 (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.