Cadell

#10,884 in 2025Boys' name

Battle

Cadell has been given to 96 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #10,884 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Cadell, 2025

1 in 553,000

Cadell 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cadell: meaning, origin, and history

Battle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cadell means

Cadell means “battle”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 96 boys were recorded with the name Cadell between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2011; its best national rank was #8,169 in 2011.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Cadell?

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: #10,884; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cadell 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 Cadell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cadells were born

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

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 49.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 81.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 96; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 49.0% of all recorded uses (47).

Is Cadell 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: +1,745; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 2011 (9)
Years since peak: 14; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,169; 2011

Spellings of Cadell

Cadell is not the most common spelling — Caden is, with 37.8% against Cadell's 0.05%.

Caden37.8%72,045
Cade18.3%34,772
Odell7.8%14,883
Cordell5.7%10,840
Randell5.3%10,011
Darell2.8%5,420
Carnell2.4%4,618
Wardell2.3%4,290

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.

Cadell around the world

Where Cadell 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
1997–2009
#4,527
in 2009
South Australia
1987–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Cadell by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,884
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #8,169; 2011
Peak year: 2011; 9 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 96
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Cadell

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

Cadden Zyrell Cadien Cadan Amell Juell Cavell Kavell Adriell Dariell Cadel Kenzell Hansell Kyell Leonell Cabell Karell Oswell Rynell Tynell Cadin Arzell Dashell Pharell

Sibling names for Cadell

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 Hayleigh Annabell Shyann

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jarod Keven

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