Cady

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 24 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
24
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cady by the numbers

Cady was given to 24 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 155 babies in 1992, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Cady

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 Cady. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Codyhelpful; descendant of Ó Cuidighthigh504 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cadynbattle; a form of Caden32 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Cady

Names that are said the same way as Cady, 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)
  • Cadijudge, Islamic judge26 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadijudge; Islamic legal official3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kadie7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cadie18 in the US (2017)
  • Khady11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Cady

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