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Kadie

Gender
Girl
Say it
KAY-dee
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#2,509 for girls
US rank, 2025
#7,883 for girls

Kadie is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).

What does Kadie mean?

Greek: probably a spelling of Katie, from Katherine

Probably a phonetic spelling of Katie, the pet form of Katherine; Cady is also an English surname.

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

Kadie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kadie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,509th among girls
Babies in 2025
11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Kadie, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 118 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kadie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were given Kadie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,199, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 118 in 20062025
Kadie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202413#2,175
20239#2,841
20228#3,050
202114#2,069
202015#1,948
201923#1,439
201823#1,468
201755#784
201634#1,096
201529#1,244
201434#1,100
201351#807
201253#799
201183#550
201074#592
200964#636
2008105#442
2007107#424
2006118#387
2005101#420
200449#662
200325#1,032
200231#854
200118#1,204
200023#1,016
199922#1,035
199826#922
199725#940
199633#755

How popular is Kadie in the US?

Rank in 2025
7,883rd among girls
Babies in 2025
13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kadie, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.

Half of all the girls named Kadie in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 104 girls in the US were given Kadie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,644, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.

1975Busiest: 112 in 19902025
Kadie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#7,883
202416#6,928
202316#6,917
20220–
20217#12,201
202010#9,541
201914#7,712
201818#6,517
201730#4,574
201622#5,794
201531#4,487
201427#5,023
201335#4,154
201238#3,987
201143#3,602
201038#3,960
200968#2,671
200881#2,380
200790#2,198
200690#2,149
200594#2,003
200477#2,261
200371#2,343
200250#2,931
200155#2,696
200056#2,628
199991#1,750
199875#1,989
199769#2,042
199681#1,804
199590#1,636
199489#1,670
1993101#1,536
199294#1,619
199190#1,650
1990112#1,406
198987#1,596
1988107#1,333
198797#1,386
198667#1,735
198576#1,574
198422#3,612
198329#2,909
198222#3,646
198133#2,723
198020#3,852
197924#3,333
197826#3,009
197721#3,485
19766#8,154
197511#5,159

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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, “Kadie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadie, updated 20 October 2026.