Meaning and history
Caden is sometimes linked to an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Mac Cadáin derived from the given name Cadán, whose meaning is unknown. Its rise in America from the 1990s, however, was largely driven by its fashionable sound, shared with names such as Hayden, Aidan and Braden.
20062006: 4,775 births, rank #91
2007: 5,055 births, rank #92
2008: 4,773 births, rank #96
2009: 4,025 births, rank #103
2010: 3,413 births, rank #119
20112011: 3,046 births, rank #134
2012: 2,694 births, rank #151
2013: 2,216 births, rank #183
2014: 2,064 births, rank #197
2015: 2,142 births, rank #192
20162016: 1,994 births, rank #202
2017: 1,718 births, rank #223
2018: 1,614 births, rank #237
2019: 1,475 births, rank #248
2020: 1,484 births, rank #242
20212021: 1,605 births, rank #230
2022: 1,625 births, rank #223
2023: 1,845 births, rank #198
2024: 1,686 births, rank #211
20252025: 1,742 births, rank #201
Caden rose from #211 to #201 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 5,055 births.