NameTides

Cayden

Cayden was the #414 boys' name in the US in 2025 (774 babies), and #822 in England & Wales and #486 in Canada.

Cayden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cayden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & Wales
Cayden as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#414 (774)#822 (39)#495 (6)—#509 (6)#486 (62)
2024#349 (968)#674 (55)#278 (14)#339 (4)#287 (14)#444 (69)
2023#327 (1,027)#738 (45)#400 (8)#348 (4)#396 (9)#405 (72)
2022#295 (1,164)#731 (45)#292 (13)#234 (8)#293 (15)#348 (90)
2021#289 (1,178)#719 (48)#353 (10)#249 (8)#249 (19)#399 (76)
2020#267 (1,287)#679 (50)#231 (18)#231 (8)#381 (10)#349 (90)
2019#264 (1,367)#663 (52)#464 (6)#274 (6)#268 (17)#370 (84)
2018#251 (1,463)#520 (75)#275 (14)—#247 (20)#393 (76)
2017#241 (1,534)#469 (87)#333 (11)#229 (8)#220 (25)#391 (77)
2016#243 (1,560)#470 (86)#278 (15)#180 (13)#237 (21)#370 (85)
2015#213 (1,869)#465 (87)#248 (18)#288 (6)#239 (22)#397 (77)
2014#198 (2,050)#475 (83)#302 (13)#281 (6)#255 (20)#329 (99)
2013#172 (2,389)#382 (106)#207 (23)#219 (9)#252 (21)#298 (110)
2012#164 (2,378)#267 (177)#203 (26)#181 (13)#250 (21)#273 (122)
2011#150 (2,576)#235 (206)#171 (32)#168 (15)#215 (26)#249 (130)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #143.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1990.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Cayden is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cayden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #604WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #420MNIllinois: #350ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #424NYMassachusetts: #289MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #317INOhio: #427OHPennsylvania: #255PANew Jersey: #324NJConnecticut: #197CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #537CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #420CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: #485KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #296VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #381NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #487LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #301ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #455TXFlorida: #300FL
Cayden (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#26519
Ontario2024#41930

Cayden (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaydenCanadaGirls—too few
CaydenCanadaBoys#48662
CaydenEngland & WalesBoys#82239
CaydenIrelandBoys#5096
CaydenNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
CaydenScotlandBoys#4956
CaydenUSGirls#7,49114
CaydenUSBoys#414774