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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kaydence

Kaydence was the 1292nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 173 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 254th with 1,288 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 943 places. More babies were named Kaydence in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,292 girls, down 598 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
173girls
Girls and boys
82% girls, 18% boys2021–2025
Peak year
20091,288 babies
Total since 1880
18,459babies recorded

Kaydence popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#1,292#2,78117346
2020#694#2,38240756
2010#256#3,0511,27138
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How popular is Kaydence, counting every spelling?

Kaydence is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #949 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,292 for Kaydence on its own. Together these spellings went to 255 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Kaydence173#1,2921,254
Caydence24#5,276240
Kaidence41#3,675233
Caidence11#8,97070
Kaedence6#13,99932

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 Kaydence?

173 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kaydence (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kaydence 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 48 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kaydence.

Chance of another Kaydence in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inLouisianaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

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

How old are people named Kaydence?

About 17,400 people born in the US named Kaydence are alive today, with a median age of 15; half are between 11 and 18. That makes Kaydence mostly worn by children and young adults.

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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.

Kaydence by state

How common Kaydence was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (3.9×), Mississippi (3.2×), South Carolina (2.5×), North Carolina (2.4×), Louisiana (2.3×). In 24 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWI0.06Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesWA0.14Idaho: 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: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIL0.10Michigan: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMI0.16New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNV0.11Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesIN0.23Ohio: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesOH0.25Pennsylvania: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesPA0.12New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesCA0.10Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMO0.20Kentucky: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesKY0.33West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesVA0.20Maryland: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesMD0.21Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.15New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesKS0.19Arkansas: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesAR0.36Tennessee: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesTN0.27North Carolina: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesNC0.37South Carolina: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesSC0.39District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesOK0.28Louisiana: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesLA0.35Mississippi: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesMS0.49Alabama: 0.60 per 1,000 babiesAL0.60Georgia: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesGA0.32Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesTX0.15Florida: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesFL0.14
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kaydence, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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

Questions about the name Kaydence

How popular is the name Kaydence?

Kaydence was the 1292nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 173 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 254th with 1,288 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 943 places. More babies were named Kaydence in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Kaydence a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 82% girls, 18% boys given the name Kaydence in the US.

Where is Kaydence most popular?

In 2021–2025, Kaydence was most common in Alabama (0.60 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and South Carolina.