Cady
Cady was the 9574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1138th with 155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,253 places. More babies were named Cady in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,574 girls, down 4,668 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1992155 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,454babies recorded
Cady popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 20 since 1985.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,574 | 10 |
| 2020 | #4,906 | 26 |
| 2010 | #3,970 | 38 |
| 2000 | #2,635 | 56 |
| 1990 | #1,155 | 149 |
| 1980 | #4,009 | 19 |
| 1970 | #8,121 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cady, counting every spelling?
Cady is a spelling of Kady, a name family that had 47 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 47 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kady | 11 | #9,143 | 102 |
| Cady | 10 | #9,574 | 91 |
| Kadie | 13 | #8,087 | 52 |
| Cadie | 5 | #15,353 | 38 |
| Kadi | — | — | 30 |
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 Cady?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cady (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cady 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 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cady.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cady?
About 2,400 people born in the US named Cady are alive today, with a median age of 29; half are between 20 and 35. That makes Cady mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Cady: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Cady, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Cady
How popular is the name Cady?
Cady was the 9574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1138th with 155 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,253 places. More babies were named Cady in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Cady a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cady in the US.