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“Rhythm or musical flow” — English, from Latin origin
Girl's name · #1022 in the US (2025) · 2000s
Cadence reached #199 in 2007 and has faded to #1022 since. About 22,000 girls have carried it since 1974. About 77% of babies named Cadence in recent years have been girls. Together with its spelling variant Kadence (#1616), Cadence would rank around #733 with about 370 births last year — the newborns split about 66/34 between Cadence and Kadence.
Around the world: about 1 in 4,600 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Kadence · Jolie · Kamryn · Essence · Madalyn · Calista
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