Cadence

Latin

"rhythm, beat"

Cadence Origin and Meaning

The name Cadence is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "rhythm, beat".

The musical word name Cadence, seemed to come out of nowhere to zoom up the charts; it rose over 700 spots between 2002 and 2004, and showed up in the Top 200 in 2007. It's gone down in the popular names list since then, though. Some might see it as a feminine relative of the popular Caden. Kadence and Kaydence are also rising.

An early Cadence sighting was in the 1992 Armistead Maupin novel Maybe the Moon, in which the narrator heroine was a small actress called Cadence Roth, nn Cady. January Jones played a Cadence in American Wedding.

Cadence Rank in US Top 1000

# 951 in the US

Cadence Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 928 on Nameberry

Cadence Popularity

• 951 US 2023
• 928 Nameberry 2024
• 153 Unisex 2023

20 Names Similar to Cadence

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Cadence.

• Bryn
• Ember
• Autumn
• Celeste
• Calliope
• Arbor
• Blair
• Amethyst
• Aria
• Avalon
• Aspen
• Honor
• Amity
• Blythe
• Cadenza
• Annika
• Constance
• Brielle
• Harmony
• Calla

Famous People Named Cadence

• Cadence Phillips daughter of drummer Scott Phillips of Creed
• Cadence Christine Smith (b. 2012) daughter of South African cricketer Graeme Smith
• Cadence Gaëlle Bridges (b. 2015) daughter of rapper Ludacris and model Eudoxie Mbouguiengue

Cadence in Pop Culture

• Cadence "Cady" Roth character in "Maybe the Moon" by Armistead Maupin
• Cadence Nash character on TV's "The Troop"
• Cadence Flaherty character in 2003 film "American Wedding"
• Cadence character in 2001 film "Shallow Hal"
• Cadence Sinclair Eastman main character in novel 'We Were Liars'
• Princess Cadence character on animated television series "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"
• DJ Cadence character in online game "Club Penguin"
• "Cadence " 1990 movie
• "Cadence and Cascade " song by King Crimson
• "Cadence " song by Anberlin
• Cadence daughter of characters Juliette Barnes and Avery Barkley on TV's "Nashville"
• Lady/Master Cadence Talle character in the "Keeper of the Lost Cities" series by Shannon Messenger
• Cadence/Cadenza character in book series "The City of Flamespell"