Kadence
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,611 for girls
Kadence is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
What does Kadence mean?
English
A female given name from English.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kadence a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 129 girls and 75 boys in the US.
How popular is Kadence 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 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kadence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kadence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
How popular is Kadence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Kadence, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,004th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 911 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994. 75 boys were also named Kadence in 2025 (2,006th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kadence than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kadence in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 605 girls in the US were given Kadence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #509, up from #1,611 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 85% of the babies named Kadence in the US in 2002, and 63% in 2025.
Kadence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,536 |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,446 |
| 2022 | 175 | #1,343 |
| 2021 | 189 | #1,242 |
| 2020 | 253 | #1,004 |
| 2019 | 253 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 302 | #893 |
| 2017 | 402 | #714 |
| 2016 | 411 | #700 |
| 2015 | 534 | #574 |
| 2014 | 602 | #514 |
| 2013 | 630 | #482 |
| 2012 | 657 | #469 |
| 2011 | 631 | #468 |
| 2010 | 697 | #440 |
| 2009 | 786 | #401 |
| 2008 | 825 | #391 |
| 2007 | 858 | #384 |
| 2006 | 815 | #391 |
| 2005 | 911 | #344 |
| 2004 | 797 | #390 |
| 2003 | 276 | #869 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Kadence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lily Willow Harper Ellie Scarlett Phoebe Evie Gracie Aoife Maisie Esme Riley
Other spellings of Kadence
Cadence Kaydence Caydence Kaydance Kadynce Cadance Kaedence Kaidynce
Names related to Kadence
More English names
Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter Harrison River
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, “Kadence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadence, updated 20 October 2026.