Cadence

Girl name

Cadence has been given to 24,555 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It peaked in 2007.

Meaning & origin

From the word cadence.

Origin: English

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

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Total babies

24,555

Peak year

2007 (1,788 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1974

10-year trend

▼ -69%

Gender split

91% girls / 9% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Cadence.

24,485 babies since 1983

24,644 babies since 1950

24,665 babies since 1977

24,116 babies since 1985

24,027 babies since 1916

24,017 babies since 1880

23,880 babies since 1912

25,240 babies since 1916

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