Kade is a boy's name of English origin meaning “embankment, low levee.” In 2024 it was given to 986 boys in the United States.
Kade at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“embankment, low levee”
About the name Kade
Kade belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “embankment, low levee” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kade first appears in Social Security records in 1969. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #345 in 2024, and in 2024 986 babies received the name — 22,339 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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.