Caden is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “son of Cadán.” In 2024 it was given to 1,680 boys in the United States.
Caden belongs to the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “son of Cadán” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Caden first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #91 in 2006, and in 2024 1,680 babies received the name — 70,293 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Caden means “son of Cadán” in its Irish and Celtic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Caden is a boy name. In 2024, 1,680 babies received the name in the US.
Caden comes from the Irish & Celtic and English & American tradition.
Caden first appears in US records in 1979. Its best-ever ranking was #91 in 2006, and 1,680 babies were given the name in 2024.
Caden is pronounced /ˈkeɪdn̩/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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