Kadence*
#1,369 most common girls' name of all time · #2,372 across all names · 13% male / 87% female · used 1994–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,369
Rank overall
#2,372 of 105,966
First appeared
1994
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
13,298
Since 2016
3,298
Peak year
2005 #344
Best rank
#344 2005
Girls
Boys
peak 953/yr
Kadence first appears in 1994. 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 | 129 | 75 | 204 | #1,618 |
| 2024 | 139 | 85 | 224 | #1,543 |
| 2023 | 154 | 106 | 260 | #1,452 |
| 2022 | 175 | 106 | 281 | #1,346 |
| 2021 | 189 | 97 | 286 | #1,246 |
| 2020 | 253 | 97 | 350 | #1,005 |
| 2019 | 253 | 105 | 358 | #1,019 |
| 2018 | 302 | 79 | 381 | #894 |
| 2017 | 402 | 80 | 482 | #716 |
| 2016 | 411 | 61 | 472 | #700 |
| 2015 | 534 | 79 | 613 | #574 |
| 2014 | 602 | 91 | 693 | #515 |
| 2013 | 630 | 60 | 690 | #484 |
| 2012 | 657 | 74 | 731 | #469 |
| 2011 | 631 | 64 | 695 | #469 |
| 2010 | 697 | 53 | 750 | #442 |
| 2009 | 786 | 45 | 831 | #403 |
| 2008 | 825 | 52 | 877 | #391 |
| 2007 | 858 | 47 | 905 | #385 |
| 2006 | 815 | 45 | 860 | #392 |
| 2005 | 911 | 42 | 953 | #344 |
| 2004 | 797 | 54 | 851 | #390 |
| 2003 | 276 | 41 | 317 | #877 |
| 2002 | 98 | 17 | 115 | #1,843 |
| 2001 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #8,646 |
| 2000 | 18 | 6 | 24 | #6,181 |
| 1999 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,657 |
| 1998 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #7,971 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,712 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,117 |
| 1995 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #9,513 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,466 |