Jayden

What Jayden means

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

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jayden?

US: Falling: down from #20 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #49 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2010, when 17,203 boys got the name (#4 that year). First in the US records in 1977.

How common

• About 1 in 367 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 670 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 595 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 RI (6.4 per 1,000 boys), MD (5.98 per 1,000 boys), DC (5.94 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jayden is #70 in the US and #124 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.6% of US babies named Jayden were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jaden768 US · 68 E&W
• Jaiden454 US · 41 E&W
• Jadon153 US · 46 E&W
• Jeyden83 US
• Jaydon64 US · 11 E&W
• Jaydan37 US · 10 E&W
• Jaeden37 US · 4 E&W
• Jaidyn39 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 Jayden

Boys

• 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
• Aiden#62Variant of Aidan, meaning “fire”^*
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*
• Carson#124“rock”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*

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”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*

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