Caidence
#8,968 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Caidence has been given to 1,259 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #8,968 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 92 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.
Babies named Caidence, 2025
1 in 301,000
Caidence over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Caidence over time
In 2025, Caidence went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Caidence?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 301,000
- 11 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 146,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #8,968
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 208,901 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Caidence sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caidence. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Caidences were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Caidence was born before 2011 — so the typical Caidence is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 51.9% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,111
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 51.9% of all recorded uses (577).
Is Caidence 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
- +1,456
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −2,599
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −6,114
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.18×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 12.0%
- Peak was 2014 (92)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 22.1% average annual change
Spellings of Caidence
Caidence is not the most common spelling — Cadence is, with 35.0% against Caidence's 1.7%.
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.
Where Caidence is used
Across 1910–2025, Caidence was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 398,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caidence has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Caidence around the world
Where Caidence 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 & Wales2004–2014#5,691in 2014
- Canada2003–2011#3,211in 2011
- South Australia2006–2013#818in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Caidence by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Caidence
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Caidence
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.