Caden
Top 1000
About Caden
Caden is a key member of the rhyming contingent that includes Aiden, Jayden, Kayden, Brayden et al. It may derive from the Celtic Cadan or Irish Cathán, both from the same root meaning "battle". It is also possible it comes from Cade, meaning "round" or "barrel".
While Caden in this spelling achieves the golden mean of being familiar but not overly popular, ranking consistently in the middle of the Top 1000, there are so many similar names in widespread use that you're sure to hear it more than you might think.
Considering all the spellings together, Caden (and Kayden and Kaiden and Cayden) ranks Number 13 in the US, according to our Playground Analysis.
A recent study of names by political party affiliation found that nearly 80 percent of the voters named Caden are Republicans.
As of October 2026, Caden ranked #201 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #91 in 2006, Nameberry popularity #792.
Editor's take: The name Caden is a boy's name of English origin meaning "battle; round, barrel".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #197 | 2,064 | 1,074.5 |
| 2015 | #192 | 2,142 | 1,117.5 |
| 2016 | #202 | 1,994 | 1,050.7 |
| 2017 | #223 | 1,717 | 927.6 |
| 2018 | #237 | 1,614 | 888.7 |
| 2019 | #248 | 1,475 | 822.1 |
| 2020 | #242 | 1,483 | 859.2 |
| 2021 | #229 | 1,605 | 917.4 |
| 2022 | #223 | 1,624 | 930.1 |
| 2023 | #198 | 1,844 | 1,078 |
| 2024 | #211 | 1,680 | 975.1 |
| 2025 | #201 | 1,742 | 1,019.9 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Caden.
- Kaden
- Colton
- Landon
- Kaiden
- Brayden
- Jace
- Bryce
- Emmit
- Carson
- Camden
- Rylan
- Greyson
- Hayden
- Jayce
- Ashton
- Bryson
- Kaleb
- Cade
- Caiden
- Kamden
Caden on lists
Famous Cadens
- Caden Lovelace
American novelist
- Caden Paul
Australian actor
- Caden Basil Waidyatilleka
American actor
- Caden Michael Gray
American actor
- Caden Pandormo
American actor; twin brother Blake
- Caden Rothweiler
American actor; twin brother Corben
- Caden Bennett
son of NFL player Donnell Bennett
- Caden Davidson (b. 1993)
son of actor Doug Davidson
- Caden Andrew Martin (b. 2005)
son of pro wrestler Shane Douglas
- Caden Kvapil (b. 2006)
son of NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil
- Caden Dar Bateman (b. 2007)
son of actress Rachel Luttrell and Lloyd Bateman
- Caden Archey (b. 2009)
son of actor Lamon Archey
- Caden Joseph Skube (b. 2009)
step,son of American family vlogger Jessica Skube (Jesssfam on YouTube)
- Caden de Luca (b. 2012)
son of film producer Michael de Luca and actress Angelique Madrid
- Caden Gilman (b. 2012)
son of Christian singer Matt Gilman; twin brother Isaac
- Caden Paul Wolfe (b. 2014)
son of NASCAR drive Paul Wolfe
- Caden Jeffrey Carter (b. 2014)
son of ice hockey player Jeff Carter
- Michael Caden Hensley (b. 2010)
son of actress Christel Khalil and Stephen Hensley
Caden in pop culture
- Caden Cotard
character in film "Synecdoche, New York" (2008 film)
- Caden Clark
character on TV's "Some Assembly Required"
- Caden Bosch
protagonist of Neal Shusterman's "Challenger Deep"