Kade
Meaning
variant spelling of Cade
The story
Kade is Cade with the K of intent, an original-and-respelling couple in these pages, Cade at about 34,800 boys in our records, filed with Cash and Kash, Cairo and Kairo, Nico and Niko. Cade's story carried the hedged Welsh battle root; Kade carries the same sound with the alphabet's favorite modern initial. The record: about 2,600 in the 1990s, 6,900 in the 2000s, cresting at 7,800 in the 2010s, and 5,600 so far this decade, with the C-spelling leading at the crest and the two settling together. In our records it goes to boys about 23,300 to 280. The couples' ledger keeps confirming the same law: one sound, two spellings, two families of families, divided by exactly one letter of intention, rising and settling as one.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kade peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Kade
Most people given the name Kade in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kade deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kade truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kade fits with your family’s names and surname.
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