Jayden
A modern American coinage on the -ayden rhyme, sometimes linked after the fact to the biblical Jadon.
Popularity, 1880–2025
A modern coinage at the crest of the 2000s -aden wave, boosted when Britney Spears chose it for her son in 2006.
Jayden first shows up in the national records in 1977. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 2003 to 2025. It spent 5 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 2009, when 17,316 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 8 nationally. Its best ranking came in 2010, at No. 4. In 2025 it ranked No. 70 for boys. The name has also seen real use for girls: 22,071 of the 276,060 Americans given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Jaden (95,059), Jaiden (41,574), Jadyn (15,520), Jadon (10,779), Jaydon (9,302), Jaidyn (9,247) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Kayden, Caden, Kaden
Explore Jayden interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 | No. 5059 |
| 1980s | 89 | No. 2784 |
| 1990s | 3,119 | No. 254 |
| 2000s | 88,603 | No. 8 |
| 2010s | 126,104 | No. 4 |
| 2020s | 36,062 | No. 37 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.