Cayden

What Cayden means

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

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 2,749 babies; 774 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Cayden?

US: Falling: down from #213 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #465 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 2,749 boys got the name (#143 that year). First in the US records in 1990.

How common

• About 1 in 2,207 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,973 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,274 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 (1.29 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.02 per 1,000 boys), PA (0.88 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Cayden is #414 in the US and #822 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Cayden 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
• Caiden475 US · 35 E&W
• Keyden88 US
• Kaeden48 US · 5 E&W
• Kyden44 US

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 Cayden

Boys

• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*

For a sister

• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Sophia#5“wisdom”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Brooklyn#118“wetland, marsh”^*

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 Cayden’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.