Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cady

#3,916 most common girls' name of all time · #6,685 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#3,916
Rank overall
#6,685 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
2,454
Since 2016
218
Peak year
1992 #1,144
Best rank
#1,144 1992
Girls Boys peak 155/yr
198020002020

Cady first appears in 1970. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,622
2024 14 — 14 #7,702
2023 19 — 19 #6,243
2022 27 — 27 #4,937
2021 21 — 21 #5,807
2020 26 — 26 #4,922
2019 16 — 16 #7,116
2018 33 — 33 #4,285
2017 24 — 24 #5,400
2016 28 — 28 #4,901
2015 25 — 25 #5,356
2014 38 — 38 #3,948
2013 27 — 27 #5,059
2012 21 — 21 #6,182
2011 28 — 28 #4,982
2010 38 — 38 #3,985
2009 51 — 51 #3,276
2008 56 — 56 #3,067
2007 50 — 50 #3,349
2006 70 — 70 #2,585
2005 87 — 87 #2,133
2004 78 — 78 #2,253
2003 59 — 59 #2,692
2002 66 — 66 #2,431
2001 70 — 70 #2,293
2000 56 — 56 #2,659
1999 77 — 77 #2,032
1998 63 — 63 #2,261
1997 74 — 74 #1,957
1996 70 — 70 #2,005
1995 106 — 106 #1,499
1994 109 — 109 #1,461
1993 125 — 125 #1,339
1992 155 — 155 #1,144
1991 154 — 154 #1,152
1990 149 — 149 #1,161
1989 58 — 58 #2,137
1988 47 7 54 #2,363
1987 31 — 31 #3,082
1986 22 6 28 #3,861
1985 27 7 34 #3,307
1984 10 — 10 #6,606
1983 16 — 16 #4,629
1982 7 — 7 #8,766
1981 13 — 13 #5,473
1980 19 — 19 #4,114
1979 11 — 11 #6,032
1978 10 — 10 #6,283
1977 9 — 9 #6,720
1976 8 — 8 #7,090
1975 9 — 9 #6,376
1974 6 — 6 #8,420
1972 6 — 6 #8,056
1970 5 — 5 #9,026