Given name

Caedan

Caedan is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Caedan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Caedan through the years

Babies since 1880
173
173 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2008
18 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.5102025Highest share 20080.0
Caedan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2002–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2008.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Caedan’s family of names

Caedan has a related form in Cade.

Walk Caedan’s family in the name graph

CaedanCaedenCade

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Caedan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Turkish · Modern

Candan

“a sincere man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kaelen

“a mighty warrior”

17Very rareCooling

90% boys · 10% girls

Modern

Cadon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Carrson

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Irish · Modern

Cowan

“from the hollow near the hill; one of twins”

11Very rare

>99% boys

Indian · Modern

Madan

“the god of love”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Kaydn

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Kahden

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Caedan’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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