Raiden

What Raiden means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #432 vs #934 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Raiden?

US: Steady: #471 in 2015, #432 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1327 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 935 boys got the name (#353 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 2,311 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,240 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 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 HI (3.77 per 1,000 boys), AK (2.2 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.14 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Raiden is #432 in the US and #934 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.6% of US babies named Raiden were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Rayden297 US · 22 E&W
• Ryden50 US
• Raidyn40 US
• Reyden21 US
• Radin9 US · 6 E&W
• Raeden12 US
• Raydan10 US
• Raydin8 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 Raiden

Boys

• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*

For a sister

• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Olivia#1“olive; olive branch”^*

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