Feminine dossier · first seen 1970

Cady

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Cady
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1992

Peak rank proxy

155

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1970Peak 19922024

Peak year

1992

Decline from peak

91%

2024

All-time

2,424

Cady has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1992, when 155 girls were named Cady.

In 2024, only 14 girls were given the name.

Down 91% from its peak.

All told, about 2,424 Americans have been named Cady and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1970.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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