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Kadyn

#3,017 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kadyn has been given to 4,732 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #3,017 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 260 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.

Babies named Kadyn, 2025

1 in 80,900

Kadyn over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kadyn over time

In 2025, Kadyn went to 11% girls and 89% boys.

19932025

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.

Kadyn: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kadyn means

Kadyn is a given name.

The naming story behind Kadyn

Wikidata records Kadyn as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q135579405, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,298 boys were recorded with the name Kadyn between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 260 in 2009; its best national rank was #833 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,601 in 2020 to #3,017 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,465 in 2015 to #3,017 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,434 girls were recorded with the name Kadyn between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 144 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,586 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,744 in 2020 to #16,008 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,731 in 2015 to #16,008 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.

How common is Kadyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 80,900
41 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 41,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,017
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
56,047 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kadyn 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 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kadyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kadyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kadyn was born before 2010 — so the typical Kadyn is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
47.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,298
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 47.6% of all recorded uses (1,570).

Is Kadyn 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
−688
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−416
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,552
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.36×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
15.8%
Peak was 2009 (260)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#833
2009

Spellings of Kadyn

Kadyn is not the most common spelling — Jaden is, with 11.8% against Kadyn's 0.48%.

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 Kadyn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kadyn was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 39,129 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 20,000
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 25,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in 25,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6Ohio1 in 33,333
  7. 7Oklahoma1 in 33,333
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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.

Where Kadyn is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kadyn was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 200,542 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8California1 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. Kadyn has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kadyn around the world

Where Kadyn 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
    2005–2014
    #2,964
    in 2014
  • Scotland
    2006–2019
    #701
    in 2019
  • Northern Ireland
    2010–2010
    #387
    in 2010
  • Canada
    2000–2020
    #2,283
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    2002–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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

Kadyn by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,017
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 416
Best rank ever
#833
2009
Peak year
2009
260 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,298
Count in 2025
41

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,008
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 8,264
Best rank ever
#1,586
2008
Peak year
2008
144 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,434
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Kadyn

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

KadinKadeemJadynAidynKadonKadirKadanJaidynKamdynCamdynKadenceKaidynBradynCadynJaedynJordynZaidynKadeKaedynAdynKadenBraedynBrandynJaydyn

Names with a curve like Kadyn

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kadyn, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

JaydanAedanDemarionCaelDamarionAlexavierJaydinKyanLandinArnavBraedynJavian

Sibling names for Kadyn

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

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