Kaydence — #1201 US girls' name
17,396 babies named Kaydence in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Kaydence was born in this single decade.
1,288 babies were named Kaydence in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaydence
The Social Security Administration has registered 17,396 babies named Kaydence between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kaydence currently holds the #1201 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 1,288 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaydence performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9,501 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaydence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,686 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaydence in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaydence 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 17,396 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.
Kaydence at a glance
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Kaydence popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 1,288
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #1201 among girls.
17,396 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 1,288 births in a single year.
Kaydence popularity over time — boys
839 total births recorded since 2003 (Kaydence as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kaydence accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaydence by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 9,501 births that decade — 55% of Kaydence's all-time total
Kaydence decade highlights
- Peak decade 9,501 births
- Runner-up 6,408 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaydence's strongest decade
9,501 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Kaydence by state
Where Kaydence concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,686 | 9.7% |
| #2 | California | | 1,149 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 838 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 722 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 701 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 679 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 641 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 548 | 3.2% |
1,686 of 17,396 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- California 6.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaydence appears in 50 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, 2002–2024 (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.