Cadence
About Cadence
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 popular names 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.
As of October 2026, Cadence ranked #1022 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #199 in 2007, Nameberry popularity #949.
Editor's take: The name Cadence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rhythm, beat".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #335 | 1,003 | 561.5 |
| 2015 | #340 | 967 | 541.7 |
| 2016 | #379 | 867 | 489.3 |
| 2017 | #422 | 752 | 435.6 |
| 2018 | #488 | 645 | 379.2 |
| 2019 | #545 | 557 | 331.9 |
| 2020 | #678 | 417 | 258 |
| 2021 | #756 | 377 | 229.8 |
| 2022 | #856 | 325 | 198.2 |
| 2023 | #951 | 275 | 171.4 |
| 2024 | #1,035 | 242 | 149.4 |
| 2025 | #1,022 | 245 | 152.4 |
World rankings
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Famous Cadences
- Cadence Phillips
daughter of drummer Scott Phillips of Creed
- Cadence Christine Smith (b. 2012)
daughter of South African cricketer Graeme Smith
- Cadence Gaëlle Bridges (b. 2015)
daughter of rapper Ludacris and model Eudoxie Mbouguiengue
Cadence in pop culture
- Cadence "Cady" Roth
character in "Maybe the Moon" by Armistead Maupin
- Cadence Nash
character on TV's "The Troop"
- Cadence Flaherty
character in 2003 film "American Wedding"
- Cadence
character in 2001 film "Shallow Hal"
- Cadence Sinclair Eastman
main character in novel 'We Were Liars'
- Princess Cadence
character on animated television series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"
- DJ Cadence
character in online game "Club Penguin"
- "Cadence
" 1990 movie
- "Cadence and Cascade
" song by King Crimson
- "Cadence
" song by Anberlin
- Cadence
daughter of characters Juliette Barnes and Avery Barkley on TV's "Nashville"
- Lady/Master Cadence Talle
character in the "Keeper of the Lost Cities" series by Shannon Messenger
- Cadence/Cadenza
character in book series "The City of Flamespell"
Variations & nicknames
- CadenzaItalian