Cade

Boy name

Cade has been given to 34,918 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It peaked in 2001 and currently ranks #248 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /keɪd/

As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”)API. * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”)API.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

34,918

Peak year

2001 (1,817 babies)

Rank in 2025

#248 for boys

First recorded

1953

10-year trend

▲ +56%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Famous people named Cade

Cade Cunningham

American basketball player (born 2001)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

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