Cadence
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-dens
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,022 for girls
Cadence is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rhythm, musical close”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 1,022nd for girls in the US (245 babies).
What does Cadence mean?
English: word name, from Latin cadere, 'to fall'
“rhythm, musical close”
In music a cadence is the sequence of chords that brings a phrase to a close.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Cadence a girl's or a boy's name?
Cadence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 245 girls and 76 boys in the US.
How popular is Cadence in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Cadence, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 56 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cadence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Cadence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 39 | #927 |
| 2008 | 56 | #714 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Cadence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,022nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 245 about 1 in 6,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 245 girls in the US were named Cadence, making it the 1,022nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,707 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974. 76 boys were also named Cadence in 2025 (1,992nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Cadence in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 605 girls in the US were given Cadence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #509, up from #1,022 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 76% of the babies named Cadence in the US were girls.
Cadence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | #1,022 |
| 2024 | 243 | #1,036 |
| 2023 | 275 | #952 |
| 2022 | 326 | #856 |
| 2021 | 377 | #757 |
| 2020 | 417 | #679 |
| 2019 | 557 | #545 |
| 2018 | 645 | #488 |
| 2017 | 752 | #422 |
| 2016 | 867 | #379 |
| 2015 | 967 | #338 |
| 2014 | 1,003 | #335 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | #308 |
| 2012 | 1,091 | #291 |
| 2011 | 1,151 | #275 |
| 2010 | 1,382 | #227 |
| 2009 | 1,460 | #223 |
| 2008 | 1,612 | #212 |
| 2007 | 1,707 | #199 |
| 2006 | 1,599 | #214 |
| 2005 | 1,670 | #207 |
| 2004 | 1,552 | #218 |
| 2003 | 620 | #476 |
| 2002 | 232 | #957 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 62 | #2,453 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 52 | #2,611 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
Names like Cadence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Harper, Willow, Lily, Scarlett, Maeve, Aoife, Riley, Maisie, Phoebe, Ava, Sienna
Other spellings of Cadence
Kaydence, Kadence, Caydence, Kaydance, Kadynce, Cadance, Kaedence, Kaidynce
Names related to Cadence
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cadence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cadence, updated 20 October 2026.