Kaden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,257 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #328 for boys
Kaden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 328th for boys in the US (1,034 babies).
What does Kaden mean?
Modern: spelling of Caden
Spelling of Caden, which arose alongside rhyming names like Aidan, Brayden and Jayden; its ultimate origin is uncertain.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaden a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 1,034 boys in the US.
How popular is Kaden in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,257th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Kaden, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 770th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 244 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kaden than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Kaden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Kaden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.
Kaden in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,257 |
| 2024 | 38 | #899 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,160 |
| 2022 | 33 | #998 |
| 2021 | 52 | #743 |
| 2020 | 46 | #770 |
| 2019 | 49 | #745 |
| 2018 | 64 | #627 |
| 2017 | 71 | #598 |
| 2016 | 64 | #629 |
| 2015 | 84 | #516 |
| 2014 | 84 | #525 |
| 2013 | 93 | #476 |
| 2012 | 136 | #360 |
| 2011 | 200 | #267 |
| 2010 | 244 | #231 |
| 2009 | 212 | #241 |
| 2008 | 225 | #231 |
| 2007 | 182 | #253 |
| 2006 | 228 | #209 |
| 2005 | 150 | #256 |
| 2004 | 95 | #345 |
| 2003 | 68 | #425 |
| 2002 | 45 | #530 |
| 2001 | 32 | #641 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
How popular is Kaden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 328th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,034 about 1 in 1,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,034 boys in the US were named Kaden, making it the 328th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 253rd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4,746 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 girls were also named Kaden in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaden than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Kaden in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,774 boys in the US were given Kaden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #328 for this spelling alone.
Kaden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,034 | #328 |
| 2024 | 1,115 | #303 |
| 2023 | 1,196 | #281 |
| 2022 | 1,292 | #267 |
| 2021 | 1,330 | #260 |
| 2020 | 1,395 | #253 |
| 2019 | 1,535 | #244 |
| 2018 | 1,703 | #220 |
| 2017 | 1,858 | #209 |
| 2016 | 2,033 | #200 |
| 2015 | 2,345 | #179 |
| 2014 | 2,474 | #171 |
| 2013 | 2,636 | #151 |
| 2012 | 2,955 | #128 |
| 2011 | 3,294 | #119 |
| 2010 | 3,598 | #106 |
| 2009 | 4,068 | #102 |
| 2008 | 4,508 | #100 |
| 2007 | 4,523 | #98 |
| 2006 | 4,746 | #92 |
| 2005 | 4,365 | #100 |
| 2004 | 4,137 | #105 |
| 2003 | 3,337 | #121 |
| 2002 | 2,220 | #174 |
| 2001 | 1,549 | #223 |
| 2000 | 1,187 | #273 |
| 1999 | 898 | #316 |
| 1998 | 532 | #433 |
| 1997 | 394 | #513 |
| 1996 | 373 | #529 |
| 1995 | 268 | #628 |
| 1994 | 215 | #712 |
| 1993 | 132 | #934 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,093 |
| 1991 | 57 | #1,522 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,525 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Kaden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Finn, Kian, Brody, Keegan, Brayden, Ronan, Caelan, Declan, Jayden, Kody, Rayden
Other spellings of Kaden
Kayden, Kaiden, Caden, Caiden, Cayden, Cadan, Cadain, Kaeden, Caeden, Kaidan, Kaydon, Keyden, Kaidyn, Kadyn
Names related to Kaden
More Modern names
Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kehlani, Alayna, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson, Cataleya
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, “Kaden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaden, updated 20 October 2026.