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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Cadance

Cadance was the 12150th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 1772nd with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,806 places. More babies were named Cadance in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#12,150 girls, down 4,089 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
7girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2004108 babies
Total since 1880
951babies recorded

Cadance popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2012.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#12,1507
2020#8,06113
2010#2,78663
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How popular is Cadance, counting every spelling?

Cadance is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Cadance?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cadance (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cadance born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cadance.

Chance of another Cadance in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Cadance?

About 900 people born in the US named Cadance are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 15 and 21. That makes Cadance mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Cadance by state

How common Cadance was among girls born in each state in 2002–2006, around its peak. In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMI0.02New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOH0.06Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesOK0.10Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesFL0.01
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Cadance, girls, 2002–2006. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Cadance: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cadance, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Cadance

How popular is the name Cadance?

Cadance was the 12150th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2004, when it ranked 1772nd with 108 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,806 places. More babies were named Cadance in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Cadance a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cadance in the US.

Where was Cadance most popular?

In 2002–2006, Cadance was most common in Oklahoma (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Tennessee.