Kadan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kadan by the numbers

Kadan was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Kadan

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

  • Kaedansmall battle; form of Caedan or Kaden10 in the US (2017)
  • Kawanfriend or companion6 in the US (2017)
  • Kadyn118 in the US (2017)
  • Kadin50 in the US (2017)
  • Kayan34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kalan27 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kadan

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

  • Kaidansmall battle; a form of Kaden52 in the US (2017)
  • Caidynbattle; a modern respelling of Caden43 in the US (2017)
  • Cadynbattle; a form of Caden32 in the US (2017)
  • Kaidinsmall battle; form of Kaden10 in the US (2017)
  • Kayden4,179 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiden2,843 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kadan

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