Caden

Origin: Modern coinage — Created in the 1990s to sound like Aidan and Hayden

Boy's name · #201 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Caden's best rank, #91, came in 2006; it has settled back to #201 today. Roughly 72,000 boys have been named Caden since 1979.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#185 in N. Ireland (2025) · #318 in Ireland (2025) · #337 in Scotland (2025) · #747 in England & Wales (2025) · #307 in Canada (2024).

Famous Cadens

Caden Cunningham — British taekwondo practitioner
Caden Clark — American soccer player
Caden Glover — American soccer player
Caden Sterns — American football safety
Caden Stafford — American soccer player (born 2003)

What Cadens become

Among 51 notable people named Caden:

Sports figures appear 3.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Caden Clark, American soccer player.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Kayden (#135), Kaiden (#237), and Kaden (#328), Caden would rank around #34 with about 6,900 births last year — the newborns split about 39/25/21/15 across Kayden, Caden, Kaiden, and Kaden.

Similar names: Kaden · Jaylen · Camden · Jalen · Jaiden · Draven

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