Kadin
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Companion
- Origin
- Arabic
About the Name Kadin
Kadin is most often traced to an Arabic root meaning "companion" or "friend" — a meaning that sits in a long tradition of Arabic names celebrating loyalty and fellowship. The Arabic khadim (servant, companion) or related forms have been proposed as the etymological base, though the precise pathway into English-language naming is not fully documented. What is clear is that Kadin arrived in American baby-naming as part of the early-2000s wave of names built on the Caden/Kaiden sound — a sonic family that combined a hard-consonant opening with a bright two-syllable close.
Kadin first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and reached its best rank of #499 in 2004. Its run was compact: the name last appeared in the top-1000 in 2010, with 200 boys given the name at rank #986. Over its eleven tracked years, more than 3,620 boys received this spelling in top-1000 years. The name's arc closely mirrors that of its many spelling cousins — a shared peak in the mid-2000s followed by a gradual dispersal as the overall sound lost momentum and individual spellings fragmented the pool.
For parents drawn to the crisp, two-syllable Caden sound with an Arabic meaning, Kadin remains a quietly distinctive choice. Variants in the same family include Cadan, Cayden, Kadan, Kadyn, Kaeden, Kaidan, Kaiden, Kayden, and Kaydin — a wide set of spellings that all share the same confident, open sound and the same underlying sense of companionship and camaraderie.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kadin
US Popularity History (2000–2010)
Annual US births named Kadin by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2004 with 490 boys named Kadin (boy rank #499 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2010, ranked #986 for boys (200 US births). That's 487 places below its 2004 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kadin Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2007–2016 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kadin the strongest states are Iowa, Oregon, Missouri.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | #412 | 22 |
| 2 | Oregon | #482 | 24 |
| 3 | Missouri | #512 | 46 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #543 | 27 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | #577 | 43 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | #638 | 25 |
| 7 | South Carolina | #646 | 17 |
| 8 | Michigan | #661 | 55 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #662 | 59 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #667 | 41 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | #814 | 51 |
| 2 | Indiana | #806 | 33 |
| 3 | Illinois | #766 | 40 |
| 4 | Washington | #763 | 29 |
| 5 | Arizona | #743 | 22 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #741 | 50 |
| 7 | Alabama | #707 | 21 |
| 8 | Ohio | #699 | 66 |
| 9 | Maryland | #696 | 26 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #667 | 41 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2007–2016. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kadin in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadan | Female | English | |
| Cayden | Fighter. Spirt Of Battle. | Male | Gaelic |
| Kadan | Companion. | Male | Japanese |
| Kadyn | Fighter | Female | American |
| Kaeden | "Fighter Or Companion. Variant Of Kaden, Caden, Caiden, Kaiden." | Male | English |
| Kaidan | Rebel/Fighter/Spirit Of Battle | Male | English |
| Kaiden | Warrior | Male | Celtic |
| Kayden | "Variation Of Kadin, Friend, Companion" | Male | Arabic |
| Kaydin | "Fighter Or Companion. Variant Of Kaden, Caden, Caiden, Kaiden." | Male | Welsh |
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Compare Kadin to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kadin against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).