Caedmon
Boy · KAD-mon · Celtic
Caedmon is a boys' name of Celtic origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Caedmon mean?
Celtic: probably Brittonic, related to Welsh Cadfan
Caedmon, a cowherd at Whitby Abbey, is the earliest English poet known by name (7th century).
- Say it
- KAD-mon
Is Caedmon a girl's or a boy's name?
Caedmon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caedmon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Caedmon, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 79 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Caedmon in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Caedmon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 44 | #2,666 |
| 2012 | 55 | #2,325 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,202 |
| 2008 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2007 | 76 | #1,875 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,892 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
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