Given name
Kaede
“resembling a maple leaf”
Kaede is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a maple leaf.”
Original Japanese紅葉
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a maple leaf.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaede through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 318
- 70 boys · 248 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,014 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,014 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 320 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaede’s family of names
Kaede has a related form in Kade. Kaede has a related form in Kayde. Kaede has a related form in Kaide.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kaede
- Kaede NakamuraJapanese association football playerborn 1991
- Kaede HondoJapanese voice actressborn 1996
- KaedeJapanese singer, dancer, model and actressborn 1996
- Kaede KondoJapanese basketball player (born 1991)
- Kaede HashimotoJapanese idol singerborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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