Given name & surname
Kade
“from the wetlands”
Kade is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “from the wetlands.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “from the wetlands.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kade through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23,573
- 23,294 boys · 279 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 1,008 babies
- 2025
- 953
- #349 for boys · #9,757 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 943 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 349 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (91). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 17,141 as a first name in 2020; 496 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.
Kade’s family of names
Kade has a related form in Kady. Kade has a related form in Kadie. Kade has a related form in Kadi.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cadevariant · English
- Kaydevariant
- Kaidvariant
- Kadievariant
- Kadyvariant
- Kaidevariant
- Kadeevariant
- Kaydvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kade
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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