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Cade

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Cade is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 694th for boys in the UK (57 babies) and 248th for boys in the US (1,392 babies).

What does Cade mean?

English: surname of uncertain origin

Jack Cade led a popular revolt against the government of Henry VI in 1450.

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Is Cade a girl's or a boy's name?

Cade is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 57 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 1,392 boys in the US.

How popular is Cade in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#694among boys
Babies in 2025
57about 1 in 5,300 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were named Cade, making it the 694th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 71 boys.

Half of all the boys named Cade in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Cade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #694 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 798th in England and Wales, 298th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 71 in 20242025
Cade in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202557#694
202471#597
202359#663
202241#848
202137#909
202034#936
201936#909
201847#777
201735#961
201642#838
201531#1,025
201428#1,079
201334#938
201239#873
201138#859
201030#1,019
200939#818
200833#905
200738#796
200634#823
200532#832
200427#864
200340#623
200239#586
200145#511
200035#600
199944#517
199817#951
199718#899
199614#1,021

How popular is Cade in the US?

Rank in 2025
#248among boys
Babies in 2025
1,392about 1 in 1,200 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 59% in five years
Same name in a class
1.1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,392 boys in the US were named Cade, making it the 248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 376th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,811 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953. 6 girls were also named Cade in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had more boys named Cade than any year since 2003.

Half of all the boys named Cade in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,556 boys in the US were given Cade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #157, up from #248 for this spelling alone.

1953Busiest: 1,811 in 20012025
Cade in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,392#248
20241,265#272
20231,218#280
20221,170#292
2021961#338
2020823#376
2019787#397
2018830#386
2017697#445
2016781#410
2015892#364
2014880#361
2013807#375
2012821#369
2011867#347
2010949#330
2009986#325
20081,074#309
20071,173#294
20061,215#287
20051,162#286
20041,309#253
20031,576#221
20021,716#208
20011,811#201
20001,646#216
19991,498#225
1998806#336
1997480#460
1996428#493
1995393#516
1994303#590
1993221#695
1992163#823
1991142#881
1990136#877
1989112#959
1988104#942
1987108#903
198684#1,007
1985102#897
198472#1,053
198378#1,000
198260#1,192
198179#1,024
198064#1,133
197955#1,241
197850#1,272
197776#981
197637#1,469
197561#1,065
197460#1,065
197360#1,045
197266#993
197117#2,278
19709#3,280
19698#3,313
19689#2,906
19670–
196610#2,626
19658#2,980
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19535#3,796

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