Kadeem
Recorded 1988–2025 · United States
Kadeem was most popular in 1991, when 391 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,084 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,644 people named Kadeem.
Kadeem over time
How old is the name Kadeem?
Kadeem first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1988, which makes it about 37 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 38 of the 38 years since.
How many people are named Kadeem?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,644 American births named Kadeem between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,562 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kadeem in 2025?
24 American babies were named Kadeem in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Is Kadeem getting more or less popular?
Kadeem is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 20 births a year, against 26 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kadeem a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kadeem is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,644 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kadeem?
Roughly 2,562 Americans named Kadeem are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 27 and 35. That is a narrow band: Kadeem arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Kadeem is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org