Given name

Cascade

Cascade is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Cascade 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 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cascade through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2025
5 babies
2025
5
#12,364 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20252.9
Cascade in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2025–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,364 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

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

Similar names

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

Modern

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0Not recently recorded

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Karlisle

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Kaysyn

23RareRising

92% boys · 8% girls

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Kaicyn

17Very rareRising fast

94% boys · 6% girls

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Kade

“from the wetlands”

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Kenay

“a good-looking woman”

25RareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Keiler

17Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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

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