Kadeem
Kadeem was the 4316th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 501st with 391 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 488 places. More babies were named Kadeem in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,316 boys, down 786 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1991391 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,644babies recorded
Kadeem popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,316 | 24 |
| 2020 | #3,530 | 31 |
| 2010 | #4,599 | 21 |
| 2000 | #2,952 | 30 |
| 1990 | #538 | 342 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kadeem, counting every spelling?
Kadeem has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kadeem?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kadeem (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kadeem 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 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kadeem.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kadeem?
About 2,600 people born in the US named Kadeem are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 27 and 35. That makes Kadeem mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Kadeem by state
How common Kadeem was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kadeem: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kadeem, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kadeem
How popular is the name Kadeem?
Kadeem was the 4316th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 1991, when it ranked 501st with 391 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 488 places. More babies were named Kadeem in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Kadeem a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kadeem in the US.
Where is Kadeem most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kadeem was most common in Florida (0.01 per 1,000 boys).