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Boy · English
Cade
Say it: KAYD
Meaning
From an English surname, possibly from an Old English personal name Cada or from Middle English cade 'cask, barrel'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used as an American boys' name from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 28,863 babies given this name since 1953
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 816 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kade
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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