How Many People Are Named Cade?
An estimated 33,057 people in the United States have the first name Cade. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Cade peaked in popularity in 2001 with 1,817 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Cade as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Cade paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Cade is overwhelmingly male, 140 female births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
33,057
About 1 in 10,369 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Male
99.6% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2001
1,817 births
Total Registered
33,514
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Cade
Cade is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 33,514 total births registered, 99.6% were male.
Cade as a male name
Ranked #272 in 2024
1,260 male births in 2024
Peak: 2001 (1,811 births)
Cade as a female name
Ranked #13,739 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2004 (11 births)
Cade: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Cade span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 13,722 babies were registered. While Cade is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Cade by Decade
How has Cade tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Cade by State
Birth registrations for Cade span all 49 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Ohio. The lowest are in Vermont, Delaware, New Hampshire. On average, about 646 Cades were registered per state.
Cade + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Cade as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Cade
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Cade: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Cade?
We estimate approximately 33,057 people named Cade are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 10,369 Americans share this first name.
Is Cade a common name?
Cade is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 33,514 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Cade most popular?
Cade reached peak popularity in 2001, when 1,817 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Cade is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Cade a male name?
Cade is predominantly male. 99.6% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Cade Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Cade Smith, Cade Johnson, Cade Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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