Given name & surname
Kada
“resembling a small dragon”
Kada is a variant of Kaida. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a small dragon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kada is a variant of Kaida. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a small dragon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kada is a variant of Kaida. An origin associated with Kaida is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 139
- 0 boys · 139 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,996 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,996 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 281 as a first name in 2020; 306 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kada’s family of names
Kada has a related form in Kaida. In Greek usage, Kada as a surname is a transliteration of Καδά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Kada
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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