The name Cadence is a boy's name meaning "rhythm, beat".

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A once trendy name for girls but that's now in decline, this musical option has actually been slowly and quietly on the rise as a masculine option. Given to 115 boys in 2023, compared to 75 in 2017, it could be an alternative to Caleb or Caiden with a hint of creative flair about it. 



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The name Cadence peaked for boys at #1527 in 2023. The name is most popular in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Georgia. Cadence is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Cadence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rhythm, beat".

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The musical word name Cadence, seemed to come out of nowhere to zoom up the charts; it rose over 700 spots between 2002 and 2004, and showed up in the Top 200 in 2007. It's gone down in the <a href="https://nameberry.com/popular-names">popular names</a> list since then, though. Some might see it as a feminine relative of the popular Caden. Kadence and Kaydence are also rising.
 An early Cadence sighting was in the 1992 Armistead Maupin novel Maybe the Moon, in which the narrator heroine was a small actress called Cadence Roth, nn Cady. January Jones played a Cadence in American Wedding.

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The name Cadence peaked for girls at #199 in 2007. The name is most popular in Alaska, New Hampshire, and Hawaii. Cadence is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#1,888	77	40.1
2015	#1,855	79	41.2
2016	#1,904	77	40.6
2017	#1,922	75	40.5
2018	#1,762	87	47.9
2019	#1,661	97	54.1
2020	#1,540	107	62
2021	#1,750	92	52.6
2022	#2,022	75	43
2023	#1,527	115	67.2
2024	#1,787	91	52.8
2025	#1,994	76	44.5

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