Cade

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning round barrel or lump of clay.

Babies a year
693
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#248
up from #272
UK popularity
#798
41 babies

How Cade has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#210#347#483201520202025#248

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#364
2016#410
2017#445
2018#386
2019#397
2020#376
2021#339
2022#292
2023#279
2024#272
2025#248

Cade by the numbers

In 2025, 41 babies in England and Wales were named Cade. In the US, 693 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,812 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2000, about 1 in 1,300 American boys born that year was called Cade.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cade. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Caledevotion to god; a form of Caleb57 in the US (2017)
  • Cadelbattle or warrior5 in the US (2017)
  • Caden1,715 in the US (2017)
  • Case439 in the US (2017)
  • Cayde93 in the US (2017)
  • Cady24 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cade

Names that are said the same way as Cade, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kaidleader or guide; a form of Caid4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kade756 in the US (2017)
  • Kayde31 in the US (2017)
  • Kaide19 in the US (2017)
  • Kayd14 in the US (2017)
  • Caide9 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean the earth

Like Cade, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
  • Adamman, earth1,431 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Waylonland beside the road2,434 in the US (2017)
  • Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jorgefarmer; worker of the earth1,547 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cade

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