Meaning and history
Caedmon is of uncertain meaning, though its first element is probably related to Brythonic kad, meaning “battle.” Saint Caedmon was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon poet said to have received his poetic inspiration in a dream, and he is known only from the 8th-century account of the historian Bede.
20062006: 71 births, rank #1,893
2007: 76 births, rank #1,875
2008: 63 births, rank #2,140
2009: 60 births, rank #2,203
2010: 79 births, rank #1,834
20112011: 58 births, rank #2,232
2012: 55 births, rank #2,326
2013: 44 births, rank #2,668
2014: 42 births, rank #2,805
2015: 33 births, rank #3,365
20162016: 30 births, rank #3,596
2017: 24 births, rank #4,224
2018: 19 births, rank #4,918
2019: 15 births, rank #5,813
2020: 19 births, rank #4,855
20212021: 7 births, rank #9,714
2022: 9 births, rank #8,300
2023: 16 births, rank #5,666
2024: 9 births, rank #8,312
20252025: 7 births, rank #9,714
In 2025, 7 babies were recorded with the name Caedmon, ranking #9,714 among boys.