Cadan

#10,883 in 2025Boys' name

Battle + place

Cadan has been given to 328 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #10,883 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 31 recorded.

Babies named Cadan, 2025

1 in 553,000

Cadan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cadan: meaning, origin, and history

Battle + place

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cadan means

Cadan means “battle + place”, associated with cad and man.

Origin, language, and formation

Cadan is used in Welsh.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 328 boys were recorded with the name Cadan between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2007; its best national rank was #3,452 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,805 in 2020 to #10,883 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,381 in 2015 to #10,883 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Cadan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,883; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cadan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cadan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cadans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cadan was born before 2008 — so the typical Cadan is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 55.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 328; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 55.8% of all recorded uses (183).

Is Cadan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: −78; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,502; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.46×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 19.4%; Peak was 2007 (31)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 34.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,452; 2007

Spellings of Cadan

Cadan is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 31.7% against Cadan's 0.02%.

Adam31.7%580,378
Alan19.8%363,313
Aidan6.5%118,431
Dan5.8%106,554
Jaden4.4%81,469
Caden3.9%72,045
Kaden3.8%69,595
Camden3.2%59,178

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cadan around the world

Where Cadan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2025
#3,684
in 2025
Scotland
2010–2012
#568
in 2012
Northern Ireland
2010–2025
#395
in 2025
Ireland
2009–2021
#552
in 2021
South Australia
2007–2010
#754
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Cadan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,883
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 78
Best rank ever: #3,452; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 31 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 328
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Cadan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Cadin Cadyn Cadon Kadan Zidan Aldan Cadell Aadan Cadel Eydan Caidan Hamdan Leodan Eidan Zaidan Yordan Jadan Idan Brydan Nandan Ardan Zaydan Kaydan Ramadan

Sibling names for Cadan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Abagail Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Sydni Shyann Jaiden Jazmyne

For a brother

Kale Jarod Keven Jamarcus Gavyn Nevin Zakary Brennen

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