Kade

Kade falls into the trend of using a letter K at the beginning of a traditionally C-starting name, perhaps to give it a sharper edge. Trending since the 90s, Kade is currently in the Top 400, while Cade ranks nearly around 70 places ahead. Given to 933 babies in 2023, it is a consistently used name.

The original Cade spelling developed from an Old English surname meaning "round", though it is also possible that it emerged as a name for someone who made barrels, or from the Old English Cada meaning "battle".

Combined with all the boys named Cade, Kayden, Caden, Kaiden, and so on, it might feel far more popular as a name than it actually is.

On a recent study of voter names by political party, more than 80 percent of the voters named Kade vote Republican.

Pronounced KAYD.

As of October 2026, Kade ranked #349 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #345 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #932.