Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Cadence

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
English
French
Latin
Rhythmic flow of sounds

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Music or Musician
  • Nature
  • Word

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Cadence

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1527, 115 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1992, 76 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2007 (rank #199, 1,707 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1022, 245 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
202576245
202491242
2023115275
202275325
202192377
2020107417
201997557
201887645
201775752
201677867

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #710, 50 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–5
202433
2023–7
2022–10
2021–14
2020–12
2019312
2018–10
2017–25
2016–25

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #663, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #340, 10 births); most recent 2019 (rank #447, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20197
20183
20173
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #85, 37 births); most recent 2023 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20235
2022–
20217
202014
20199
20189
201712
201625
201515
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence