Cady
Girl · KAY-dee · Greek
Cady is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Cady mean?
Greek: spelling of Kadie; probably a spelling of Katie, from Katherine
Probably a phonetic spelling of Katie, the pet form of Katherine; Cady is also an English surname.
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- KAY-dee
Meaning borrowed from Kadie.
Is Cady a girl's or a boy's name?
Cady is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cady in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cady in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Cady in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Cady in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Cady, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 155 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Cady than any year since 1984.
Half of all the girls named Cady in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Cady or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.
Cady in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 70 | #2,579 |
| 2005 | 87 | #2,121 |
| 2004 | 78 | #2,237 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,411 |
| 2001 | 70 | #2,284 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 106 | #1,489 |
| 1994 | 109 | #1,451 |
| 1993 | 125 | #1,334 |
| 1992 | 155 | #1,136 |
| 1991 | 154 | #1,147 |
| 1990 | 149 | #1,150 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 47 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Cady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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