Kaiden

What Kaiden means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaiden?

US: Falling: down from #140 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #164 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 3,269 boys got the name (#124 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 1,157 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,640 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,091 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 MS (3.05 per 1,000 boys), DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), AR (1.91 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kaiden is #237 in the US and #396 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.2% of US babies named Kaiden 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
• Kaden1,034 US · 24 E&W
• Cayden774 US · 39 E&W
• Caiden475 US · 35 E&W
• Keyden88 US
• Kaidyn67 US
• Kaeden48 US · 5 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 Kaiden

Boys

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• 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
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

For a sister

• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls

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