Is Caden a boy or girl name?

Caden is primarily a boy name in U.S. records: about 1% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Caden?

The average Caden alive today is an estimated 16 years old. People named Caden were most often born around 2007.

When was the name Caden most popular?

Caden peaked in 2007 with 5,122 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Caden have?

In one report's words: twenty-first-century, aerodynamic, informal. Caden ranks #868 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Caden — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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Derived from the Gaelic surname Cadán or the Welsh Cadfan, though its American adoption owes more to modern phonetic invention than Celtic genealogy. The spelling first entered the national record in 1979 and multiplied rapidly as parents embraced the early-2000s surge of two-syllable rhyming names.

Also answers toCade

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1979–2025

SSA Data

1979 peak: 5,122 souls, A.D. 2007 2025

2025: 1,752 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

16 yrs

Most Cadens were born around 2007 — learned to read on a touchscreen.

Peak Reign

2007

№92 that year

Generation

Gen Z, 66%

then Gen Alpha 32% · Millennial 2%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈73K ever born · now falling

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Caden grew up with

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Fortnite dances·the family iPad·Minecraft YouTubers

Generation Distribution — Living Cadens

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Gen Z 66%Gen Alpha 32%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Caden peaked in 2007.

Estimated average age: 16.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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First Impressions

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A Caden is nearly impossible to picture holding a pension plan or a paper road map. With an average age around sixteen, the name belongs squarely to soccer tournaments, wireless earbuds, and high school halls. Two-thirds of living bearers belong to Generation Z, with the remainder mostly younger still. It peaked sharply in 2007 and has been cooling off at a steady pace ever since.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The name went from obscurity to a peak of five thousand births in 2007 before beginning a gradual slide.

Field Note 02

Ninety-eight percent of all living Cadens belong to Generation Z or Generation Alpha.

Field Note 03

A Caden born during the peak years rarely had a classroom entirely free of rhyming classmates.

Notable Cadens

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Caden Clarksoccer player, b. 2003

Caden Sternsfootball player, b. 1999

Caden Danabaseball pitcher, b. 2003

Adjacent Names

Aiden · Jayden · Brayden · Kaden · Mason · Logan

Ephemera — If Caden were a…

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City

Gilbert, Arizona

Color

Neon Volt

Artifact

Grip tape

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