Kayden

What Kayden means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kayden?

US: Falling: down from #95 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #134 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 4,742 boys got the name (#90 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 638 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,203 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 614 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 (5.08 per 1,000 boys), RI (4.16 per 1,000 boys), SC (3.49 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kayden is #135 in the US and #220 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Kayden were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Caden1,742 US · 46 E&W
• Kaiden1,476 US · 103 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 Kayden

Boys

• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Damian#109“to tame”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Lukas#288“a man from Lucania”^*

For a sister

• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*
• Serenity#129Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #129 vs #997 in 2025
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

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