Kaydence
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAY-dens
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,291 for girls
Kaydence is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “rhythm”. In 2025 it ranked 1,291st for girls in the US (173 babies).
What does Kaydence mean?
Latin: spelling of Cadence, an English word from Latin
“rhythm”
A respelling of cadence, the rhythm of speech or music, from Latin cadere, 'to fall'.
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Is Kaydence a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaydence is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 173 girls and 46 boys in the US.
How popular is Kaydence in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kaydence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaydence in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Kaydence in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,291among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 173about 1 in 9,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 173 girls in the US were named Kaydence, making it the 1,291st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 694th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 1,288 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 46 boys were also named Kaydence in 2025 (2,764th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kaydence than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kaydence in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 605 girls in the US were given Kaydence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #509, up from #1,291 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 98% of the babies named Kaydence in the US in 2003, and 79% in 2025.
Kaydence in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 173 | #1,291 |
| 2024 | 198 | #1,196 |
| 2023 | 240 | #1,047 |
| 2022 | 315 | #885 |
| 2021 | 328 | #841 |
| 2020 | 407 | #694 |
| 2019 | 478 | #626 |
| 2018 | 605 | #517 |
| 2017 | 637 | #491 |
| 2016 | 851 | #388 |
| 2015 | 948 | #349 |
| 2014 | 1,123 | #290 |
| 2013 | 1,170 | #274 |
| 2012 | 1,200 | #272 |
| 2011 | 1,222 | #262 |
| 2010 | 1,271 | #256 |
| 2009 | 1,288 | #254 |
| 2008 | 1,175 | #286 |
| 2007 | 1,023 | #326 |
| 2006 | 913 | #360 |
| 2005 | 875 | #358 |
| 2004 | 830 | #377 |
| 2003 | 234 | #983 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
Nicknames for Kaydence
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaydence
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Caoimhe Keira Aoife Eden Maeve Kiara Sienna Orla Ocean Nova Rowan Esme
Other spellings of Kaydence
Cadence Kadence Caydence Kaydance Kadynce Cadance Kaedence Kaidynce
Names related to Kaydence
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Lucy Julian Clara
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, “Kaydence: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaydence, updated 20 October 2026.