Cade
Top 1000
About Cade
Strong and modern, Cade shot up the popularity lists around the millennium—it was as high as Number 201 in 2001. Now, it has declined in popularity slightly, but nevertheless remains in the US Top 300, given to around 1200 babies each year. Combined with all the baby Kades, Cadens, Kaidens and Kaydens however, it might feel even more popular that it actually is.
The name Cade developed from an Old English nickname 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".
Like Scarlett, Rhett, Ashley, Melanie, and Beau, Cade was worn by a character in Gone With the Wind and now, there's a Cade Skywalker in the Star Wars universe, and Keith Carradine named his now-grown son Cade.
Pronounced KAYD.
As of October 2026, Cade ranked #248 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #201 in 2001, Nameberry popularity #242.
Editor's take: The name Cade is a boy's name of English origin meaning "round, barrel; battle".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #361 | 880 | 458.1 |
| 2015 | #364 | 892 | 465.4 |
| 2016 | #410 | 781 | 411.5 |
| 2017 | #445 | 697 | 376.6 |
| 2018 | #386 | 830 | 457 |
| 2019 | #397 | 787 | 438.6 |
| 2020 | #376 | 823 | 476.8 |
| 2021 | #338 | 960 | 548.7 |
| 2022 | #292 | 1,170 | 670.1 |
| 2023 | #280 | 1,218 | 712 |
| 2024 | #272 | 1,260 | 731.3 |
| 2025 | #248 | 1,392 | 815 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Jensen
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- Keegan
- Colton
- Jameson
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- Myles
- Rylan
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- Maddox
- Reece
- Kade
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- Tatum
- Gage
- Dawson
- Dalton
- Ryland
Cade on lists
Famous Cades
- Cade Brem McNown
American NFL football player
- Cade Sutton
American actor
- Christopher "Cade" Courtley
American TV host and former Navy SEAL
- Cade Gaspar
American baseball player; son of baseball player Rod Gaspar
- Cade Carradine
son of actor Keith Carradine
- Cade Sweeney
son of actor D.B. Sweeney
- Cade Joseph Nedney (b. 2005)
son of NFL player Joe Nedney
- Cade Heap (b. 2009)
son of NFL player Todd Heap
- Cade Mackinlay Mochrie (b. 2010)
son of actor Peter Mochrie
- Cade Snyder
stepson of actress Angela Kinsey
Cade in pop culture
- Johnny Cade
character from the book and film "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton
- Cade Yeager
from the movie "Transformers: Age of Extinction"
- Cade
character in the book "Fated" by Alyson Noel
- Cade Lasalle
character on TV's "NCIS: New Orleans"
- "Cade
" novel by James Hadley Chase and its main character
- Cade
series of books by Douglas Hill
- Cade Skywalker
character in Star Wars: Legacy comic series