Kaidence
Feminine · “rhythm”
Kaidence is given to both — 3,345 girls and 551 boys since 1880. See Kaidence as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Kaidence is a respelling of Cadence, an English word about rhythm — and the Latin behind it is about falling, because a cadence is where a phrase comes down.
How old is the name Kaidence?
Kaidence first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Kaidence is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,300 people named Kaidence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaidence most popular?
Kaidence peaked in 2014, reaching #887 nationally. Today it ranks #3645, 2,758 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
Where it comes from
From cadentia to Kaidence
The story of Kaidence
Cadentia named a falling before it named a rhythm, and the musical sense came through Italian: a cadenza is where the music comes down to rest. English took the word in the fifteenth century. Its use as a given name is recent and American, part of a group of music words — Cadence, Lyric, Harmony, Melody — and the K spellings followed immediately.
Meaning
rhythm, a falling
From Latin cadentia, a falling, built on cadere, to fall; the musical sense names the phrase that falls to a resting point, and the same root gives cascade, decay and chance.
How the name formed
- cadentia
- cadence
- Kaidence
Related forms: Cadence · Cadenza · Cadence
Pronouncing Kaidence
KAY-dence
Two syllables, first stressed. Kaidence and Cadence are said identically.
Nicknames for Kaidence
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
- 2002
- Most girls named
- 2014306 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #887reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +20.6%41 in 2025, from 34
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.
Kaidence in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cadence in English — spelling variant
- Cadenza in Italian — related form
- Cadence in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Georgia, Florida.
Kaidences among us
people named Kaidence are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 39,202 born in 2025 was named Kaidence
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kaidence
- #3645
- Kaidence on the 2025 chart
- #713
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kaidence went to 41 girls in 2025, but Kaydence, Caydence and Caidence are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 249, which makes it the 713th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,932 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 6,455 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 39,202 for Kaidence 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 Ariane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaidence's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ariane climbed just as high around 1978, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ariane's path sketches the road Kaidence is walking now.
Kaidence 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 Kaidence is headed
Kaidence is easing off slowly — about 37% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Kaidence beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kaidence in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely good etymology — a falling that becomes a rhythm.
- Kaidy and Kade are both usable short forms.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Cadence is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- Kaidence, Kadence and Caydence are all in use and none is dominant.
- Eight letters is a fair amount for early handwriting.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaidences are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Kaidence are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kaidence?
- Kaidence is one of 4 recorded spellings. Kaydence is the more common one — 173 births in 2025 against 41 for Kaidence.
- How popular is the name Kaidence in 2025?
- Kaidence ranks #3645 among US girl names in 2025, with 41 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kaidence?
- About 1 in every 39,202 US girls born in 2025 was named Kaidence — 41 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kaidence with classmates?
- Kaidence will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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