Kadin
Masculine
Kadin is given to both — 5,074 boys and 179 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kadin is a modern American name with an Arabic and Turkish neighbor, and the neighbor is a caution: kadın is the Turkish word for a woman.
How old is the name Kadin?
Kadin first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Kadin alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 5,000 people named Kadin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kadin most popular?
Kadin peaked in 2004, reaching #499 nationally. Today it ranks #3949, 3,450 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kadin
Ours, offered as ours. The Kaden sound arrived in American naming in the 1990s and fragmented immediately — Caden, Kaden, Kaiden, Kadin, Cayden — with no original to be a variant of. What is worth knowing is the Turkish coincidence: kadın is the ordinary word for a woman, and a Turkish speaker meeting this spelling on a boy will notice. That is a real consideration and not a criticism of the name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Turkish kadın means a woman and is not a men's name. Arabic khadin has been offered as a companion or friend without support. The Ka- opening and -din ending of modern American naming, shared with Kaden and Jaden, are the likelier source.
Pronouncing Kadin
KAY-din
Two syllables, first stressed. Every spelling of the sound is said the same.
Nicknames for Kadin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1984
- Most boys named
- 2004490 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #499reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- −28.9%27 in 2025, from 38
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kadin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kaden in English — spelling variant
- Kadın in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Maryland.
Kadins among us
people named Kadin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 63,262 born in 2025 was named Kadin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kadin
- #3949
- Kadin on the 2025 chart
- #841
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kadin went to 27 boys in 2025, but Kadyn, Cadyn and Cadin are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 87, which makes it the 841st most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,108 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 19,633 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 63,262 for Kadin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marcel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kadin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marcel climbed just as high around 1925, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marcel's path sketches the road Kadin is walking now.
Kadin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kadin is headed
Kadin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kadin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kadin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kade is a complete short form in current use.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Kaden and Caden are far more common spellings of the same sound.
- Turkish speakers will read it as the word for a woman.
- There is no documented meaning.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kadins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,000 people named Kadin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kadin?
- Kadin is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kadyn is the more common one — 41 births in 2025 against 27 for Kadin.
- How popular is the name Kadin in 2025?
- Kadin ranks #3949 among US boy names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kadin?
- About 1 in every 63,262 US boys born in 2025 was named Kadin — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kadin with classmates?
- Kadin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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