Cadain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-den
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- Style
- Big in Northern Ireland
Cadain is a boys' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
Where does Cadain come from?
Irish: probably a spelling of Caden, linked to the Irish surname O Cadain
Is Cadain a girl's or a boy's name?
Cadain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cadain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Cadain, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cadain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Cadain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 253rd in Northern Ireland.
Cadain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
Names like Cadain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Conan, Ronan, Rowan, Callan, Caelan, Brody, Conlan, Conn, Cillian, Cassian, Connla
Other spellings of Cadain
Kayden, Kaiden, Caden, Caiden, Cayden, Kaden, Cadan, Kaeden, Caeden, Kaidan, Kaydon
Names related to Cadain
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Lennon, Kevin
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cadain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cadain, updated 20 October 2026.