Caiden

What Caiden means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Caiden yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #284 in 2015, #602 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Caiden?

US: Falling: down from #284 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #339 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 1,354 boys got the name (#272 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 3,596 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,770 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,455 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CT (0.83 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.83 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.66 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Caiden is #602 in the US and #896 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Caiden were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kayden2,678 US · 226 E&W
• Caden1,742 US · 46 E&W
• Kaiden1,476 US · 103 E&W
• Kaden1,034 US · 24 E&W
• Cayden774 US · 39 E&W
• Kaidyn67 US
• Kaeden48 US · 5 E&W
• Caeden30 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Caiden

Boys

• Ayden#257Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Maddox#209Editor’s note Down from #148 in 2015 to #209 in 2025 in the US
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Caiden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.