Caden

KAY-den
English, Celtic
"battle; round, barrel"

Caden Origin and Meaning

The name Caden is a boy's name meaning "battle; round, barrel".

Caden is a key member of the rhyming contingent that includes Aiden, Jayden, Kayden, Brayden et al. It may derive from the Celtic Cadan or Irish Cathán, both from the same root meaning "battle". It is also possible it comes from Cade, meaning "round" or "barrel".

While Caden in this spelling achieves the golden mean of being familiar but not overly popular, ranking consistently in the middle of the Top 1000, there are so many similar names in widespread use that you're sure to hear it more than you might think.

Considering all the spellings together, Caden (and Kayden and Kaiden and Cayden) ranks Number 13 in the US, according to our Playground Analysis.

# 198 in the US

Caden Rank in US Top 1000

# 657 on Nameberry

Caden Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Caden Popularity

Famous People Named Caden

  • Caden Lovelace
    American novelist
  • Caden Paul
    Australian actor
  • Caden Basil Waidyatilleka
    American actor
  • Caden Michael Gray
    American actor
  • Caden Pandormo
    American actor; twin brother Blake
  • Caden Rothweiler
    American actor; twin brother Corben
  • Caden Bennett
    son of NFL player Donnell Bennett
  • Caden Davidson (b. 1993)
    son of actor Doug Davidson
  • Caden Andrew Martin (b. 2005)
    son of pro wrestler Shane Douglas
  • Caden Kvapil (b. 2006)
    son of NASCAR driver Travis Kvapil
  • Caden Dar Bateman (b. 2007)
    son of actress Rachel Luttrell and Lloyd Bateman
  • Caden Archey (b. 2009)
    son of actor Lamon Archey
  • Caden Joseph Skube (b. 2009)
    step,son of American family vlogger Jessica Skube (Jesssfam on YouTube)
  • Caden de Luca (b. 2012)
    son of film producer Michael de Luca and actress Angelique Madrid
  • Caden Gilman (b. 2012)
    son of Christian singer Matt Gilman; twin brother Isaac
  • Caden Paul Wolfe (b. 2014)
    son of NASCAR drive Paul Wolfe
  • Caden Jeffrey Carter (b. 2014)
    son of ice hockey player Jeff Carter
  • Michael Caden Hensley (b. 2010)
    son of actress Christel Khalil and Stephen Hensley

Caden in Pop Culture

  • Caden Cotard
    character in film "Synecdoche, New York" (2008 film)
  • Caden Clark
    character on TV's "Some Assembly Required"
  • Caden Bosch
    protagonist of Neal Shusterman's "Challenger Deep"