Canden

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Canden by the numbers

Canden was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Canden

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

  • Camdenenclosed valley2,786 in the US (2017)
  • Cardenfrom the garden; a place name27 in the US (2017)
  • Chandensandalwood; fragrant wood6 in the US (2017)
  • Caden1,715 in the US (2017)
  • Cayden1,565 in the US (2017)
  • Caiden1,053 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Canden

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

Names about as common as Canden

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