Kade

“Variant of Cade — Battle, from a Brittonic name root” — Old English origin

Boy's name · #349 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Kade reached its best rank, #345, in 2024 and ranked #349 in 2025. About 23,000 boys have carried it since 1969. Together with its spelling variant Cade (#248), Kade would rank around #159 with about 2,300 births last year — the newborns split about 60/40 between Cade and Kade.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,200 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 1,700 boys in N. Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kades

Kade Ruotolo — American Grappler
Kade Anderson — American baseball player (born 2004)
Kade Chandler — Australian rules footballer
Kade Harvey — Australian cricketer
Kade Alunu — mai of the Kanem–Bornu Empire

What Kades become

Among 42 notable people named Kade:

Sports figures appear 3.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kade Anderson, American baseball player (born 2004).

Similar names: Cade · Remington · Kane · Wade · Kyler · Colt

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