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Caden

“Modern coinage — created in the 1990s to sound like Aidan and Hayden” — Modern coinage origin

Boy's name · #201 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Caden has appeared in US records since 1979 — best rank #91 (2006) · 72,045 babies named Caden all-time · 1 in 980 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 750 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 1,500 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,800 boys in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 48 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Cadens

• Caden Cunningham — British taekwondo practitioner
• Caden Clark — American soccer player
• Caden Glover — American soccer player
• Caden Sterns — American football safety
• Caden Stafford — American soccer player (born 2003)

What Cadens become

Among 51 notable people named Caden:

Athletes appear 3.94× more often than among typical names — e.g. Caden Clark, American soccer player.

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