girl's name

Kadie

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,021

Northern Ireland

#422

2011 births

Kadie is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 112 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 255,037 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1975.

Kadie over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kadie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 88
1980s 560
1990s 892
2000s 732
2010s 296
2020s (to 2025) 62

How popular is Kadie?

In 2025, Kadie was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Kadie is used

Northern Ireland #422 4 in 2011
Scotland #752 4 in 2024
Ireland #864 4 in 2024
Canada #3,300 6 in 2018
England & Wales #3,620 7 in 2025
United States #8,266 13 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kadie

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kadie also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kadie over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kadie

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kadie — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kadie

How popular is the name Kadie?

In 2025, Kadie was given to 13 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Kadie a girl's or a boy's name?

Kadie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Kadie most popular?

Kadie peaked in 1990, when 112 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Kadie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kadie currently ranks #752 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.