Cade is a distinctive girls' name in United States, ranking #12648 in 2009 with 8 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 11 births ranking #9362. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 60.0%. In 2009, approximately 1 in every 229,609 girls born was named Cade. FALLING Recent data shows the name is currently falling.
Cade is a brisk modern name with a strong, clean sound. Its older surname and vocabulary history is not always central to modern use, which is driven more by style and brevity.
The name rose with the popularity of short, tough-sounding boys' names. It often works as a stand-alone choice rather than only as a shortened form of something older.