Cade is a boy's name of English origin meaning “battle.” In 2024 it was given to 1,260 boys in the United States.
Cade belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “battle” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Old.
In the United States, Cade first appears in Social Security records in 1953. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #201 in 2001, and in 2024 1,260 babies received the name — 33,374 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Cade means “battle” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Cade is a boy name. In 2024, 1,260 babies received the name in the US.
Cade comes from the English & American tradition. It is also spelled Old.
Cade first appears in US records in 1953. Its best-ever ranking was #201 in 2001, and 1,260 babies were given the name in 2024.
Cade is pronounced /keɪd/ (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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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