Cadence*
#924 most common girls' name of all time · #1,666 across all names · 9% male / 91% female · used 1974–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#924
Rank overall
#1,666 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
24,555
Since 2016
5,596
Peak year
2007 #199
Best rank
#199 2007
Girls
Boys
peak 1,788/yr
Cadence first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 245 | 76 | 321 | #1,025 |
| 2024 | 243 | 91 | 334 | #1,038 |
| 2023 | 275 | 115 | 390 | #952 |
| 2022 | 326 | 75 | 401 | #856 |
| 2021 | 377 | 92 | 469 | #760 |
| 2020 | 417 | 107 | 524 | #681 |
| 2019 | 557 | 97 | 654 | #547 |
| 2018 | 645 | 87 | 732 | #488 |
| 2017 | 752 | 75 | 827 | #423 |
| 2016 | 867 | 77 | 944 | #379 |
| 2015 | 967 | 79 | 1,046 | #340 |
| 2014 | 1,003 | 77 | 1,080 | #335 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | 81 | 1,118 | #311 |
| 2012 | 1,091 | 73 | 1,164 | #292 |
| 2011 | 1,151 | 78 | 1,229 | #276 |
| 2010 | 1,382 | 96 | 1,478 | #227 |
| 2009 | 1,460 | 107 | 1,567 | #223 |
| 2008 | 1,612 | 74 | 1,686 | #212 |
| 2007 | 1,707 | 81 | 1,788 | #199 |
| 2006 | 1,599 | 87 | 1,686 | #214 |
| 2005 | 1,670 | 72 | 1,742 | #207 |
| 2004 | 1,552 | 79 | 1,631 | #218 |
| 2003 | 620 | 64 | 684 | #476 |
| 2002 | 232 | 50 | 282 | #958 |
| 2001 | 77 | 32 | 109 | #2,143 |
| 2000 | 62 | 27 | 89 | #2,467 |
| 1999 | 61 | 19 | 80 | #2,417 |
| 1998 | 52 | 17 | 69 | #2,635 |
| 1997 | 47 | 9 | 56 | #2,683 |
| 1996 | 37 | 11 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 1995 | 30 | 9 | 39 | #3,637 |
| 1994 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,075 |
| 1993 | 29 | 5 | 34 | #3,744 |
| 1992 | 20 | 6 | 26 | #4,974 |
| 1991 | 20 | — | 20 | #4,943 |
| 1990 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,993 |
| 1989 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,985 |
| 1988 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,619 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,203 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,552 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,342 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,219 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,249 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,996 |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,692 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,241 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,182 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,861 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,242 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,832 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,758 |