Cadie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cadie by the numbers

Cadie was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Cadie

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Codiecushion; a form of Cody9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Caliebeautiful; a variant of Callie or Cally30 in the US (2017)
  • Cadijudge, Islamic judge26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Casiehearkening or feminine form of Casey14 in the US (2017)
  • Catiepure; a diminutive of Catherine10 in the US (2017)
  • Camiecrooked nose; a form of Cameron8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cadie

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

  • Kadyfrom Cadiz; a respelling of Cady or Kadi9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadijudge; Islamic legal official3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadie7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cady24 in the US (2017)
  • Khady11 in the US (2017)
  • Kaydi6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cadie

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