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Kaede

#16,010 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Maple

Kaede has been given to 318 babies in the U.S. since 1997. In 2025 it ranked #16,010 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Kaede, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kaede over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Kaede went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19972025

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.

Kaede: meaning, origin, and history

Maple

Japanese

What Kaede means

Kaede means “maple”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kaede is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /kä.e̞.de̞/ for Kaede.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaede is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 248 girls were recorded with the name Kaede between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2006; its best national rank was #7,136 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,236 in 2020 to #16,010 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #13,684 in 2015 to #16,010 in 2025.

In the United States, 70 boys were recorded with the name Kaede between 2003 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,501 in 2023.

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 Kaede?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#16,010
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaede sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaede. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaedes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaede was born before 2011 — so the typical Kaede is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
248
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Choose a decade

2010s — 44.0% of all recorded uses (109).

Is Kaede 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
+226
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,326
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
29.4%
Peak was 2006 (17)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,136
2014

Spellings of Kaede

Kaede is not the most common spelling — Katie is, with 37.3% against Kaede's 0.04%.

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 Kaede is used

Across 1910–2025, Kaede was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,001,597 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 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. Kaede has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaede around the world

Where Kaede 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
    2005–2024
    #4,844
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2001–2016
    #2,808
    in 2016
  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #775
    in 2005

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.

Kaede by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#16,010
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 226
Best rank ever
#7,136
2014
Peak year
2006
17 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
248
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,501
2023
Peak year
2023
11 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
70
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kaede

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

KaenaKaelyKaedaKaedynKaelieSuedeKaeganKaeyaKaelenKaeloniKaedenKaelisKaelanKaeliKaelahKaeleiKaeleaKaeshaKaeleKaedenceKaelinKaelaniKaeleyKaesyn

Sibling names for Kaede

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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