Kadance

Gender: Girl
Say it: KAY-dens
Origin: English

Kadance is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “rhythm, flow of sound”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kadance mean?

English: spelling of Cadance, itself a variant of Cadence, from Latin cadere 'to fall'

“rhythm, flow of sound”

Meaning borrowed from Cadance.

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

Kadance is a girls' name.

How popular is Kadance in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.

Half of all the girls named Kadance in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

2002Busiest: 102 in 20062023

Kadance in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2023	5	#15,188
2022	6	#13,586
2021	8	#11,141
2020	8	#11,085
2019	12	#8,592
2018	15	#7,405
2017	12	#8,772
2016	14	#7,985
2015	22	#5,831
2014	36	#4,101
2013	35	#4,154
2012	33	#4,385
2011	36	#4,071
2010	59	#2,905
2009	57	#2,999
2008	50	#3,315
2007	97	#2,085
2006	102	#1,961
2005	97	#1,968
2004	88	#2,065
2003	41	#3,468
2002	10	#9,476

Nicknames for Kadance

Cady

Names like Kadance

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ellie Cadence Kinsley Reese Lily Brielle Riley Presley Promise Harper Treasure Macie

Names related to Kadance

Kadence Kaydance Kadynce Kaidynce Cadance Kaidance Kaydince Caydance

More English names

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Every English name

Sources

Figures from 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, “Kadance: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadance, updated 20 October 2026.