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Kade

Boy · KAYD · English

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Kade is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 529th for boys in the UK (80 babies) and 348th for boys in the US (943 babies).

What does Kade mean?

English: spelling of Cade, an English surname

Spelling of Cade, an English surname; Jack Cade led the Kentish rebellion of 1450 against Henry VI.

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

Kade is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 80 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 943 boys in the US.

How popular is Kade in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#529among boys
Babies in 2025
80about 1 in 3,700 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 80 boys in the UK were named Kade, making it the 529th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 84 boys.

2025 had more boys named Kade than any year since 2018.

Half of all the boys named Kade in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 148 boys in the UK were given Kade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #344, up from #529 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 593rd in England and Wales, 333rd in Scotland and 314th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 84 in 20182025
Kade in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202580#529
202478#551
202360#657
202268#606
202143#832
202056#685
201965#625
201884#520
201748#778
201668#602
201569#594
201470#584
201368#582
201268#582
201176#524
201068#560
200962#591
200863#584
200751#643
200660#550
200563#499
200454#535
200367#429
200250#491
200146#498
200045#501
199960#412
199833#605
199719#864
199621#768

How popular is Kade in the US?

Rank in 2025
#348among boys
Babies in 2025
943about 1 in 1,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 943 boys in the US were named Kade, making it the 348th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 363rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 993 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969. 10 girls were also named Kade in 2025 (9,454th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Kade in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,556 boys in the US were given Kade or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #157, up from #348 for this spelling alone.

1969Busiest: 993 in 20242025
Kade in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025943#348
2024993#345
2023935#350
2022940#351
2021849#381
2020859#363
2019845#376
2018933#355
2017752#415
2016780#411
2015832#385
2014770#404
2013715#413
2012636#437
2011689#411
2010743#385
2009719#408
2008718#413
2007656#432
2006636#433
2005656#414
2004701#386
2003690#377
2002717#366
2001682#381
2000593#417
1999542#430
1998391#527
1997329#569
1996336#554
1995282#609
1994229#686
1993156#846
1992111#1,034
199199#1,089
199099#1,061
198975#1,238
198895#993
198757#1,293
198675#1,074
198570#1,109
198454#1,250
198337#1,593
198248#1,361
198130#1,864
198037#1,593
197938#1,532
197819#2,375
197719#2,361
197616#2,600
197513#2,900
197420#2,129
197311#3,011
19729#3,342
19719#3,368
19700–
19696#3,934

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