Caydence
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-dens
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Caydence is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rhythm”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Caydence mean?
English: spelling of Cadence, from Latin cadere, to fall
“rhythm”
A spelling of Cadence, the musical term for a closing run of chords, from Latin cadere, 'to fall'.
Is Caydence a girl's or a boy's name?
Caydence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Caydence in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 girls.
Caydence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Caydence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Caydence, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 301 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 7 boys were also named Caydence in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Caydence than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Caydence in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 605 girls in the US were given Caydence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #509, up from #5,237 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 94% of the babies named Caydence in the US in 2004, and 77% in 2025.
Caydence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,821 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,674 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 91 | #2,070 |
| 2018 | 106 | #1,890 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 164 | #1,412 |
| 2015 | 201 | #1,227 |
| 2014 | 240 | #1,068 |
| 2013 | 211 | #1,138 |
| 2012 | 250 | #1,011 |
| 2011 | 263 | #975 |
| 2010 | 282 | #919 |
| 2009 | 301 | #904 |
| 2008 | 252 | #1,038 |
| 2007 | 205 | #1,217 |
| 2006 | 171 | #1,353 |
| 2005 | 173 | #1,290 |
| 2004 | 170 | #1,263 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
Names like Caydence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe, Aoife, Eden, Maeve, Ocean, Keira, Riley, Orla, Cove, Clodagh, Cassidy, Esme
Other spellings of Caydence
Cadence, Kaydence, Kadence, Kaydance, Kadynce, Cadance, Kaedence, Kaidynce
Names related to Caydence
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Caydence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/caydence, updated 20 October 2026.