Jayden

Jayden was the #70 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,653 babies), and #124 in England & Wales and #47 in Canada.

Jayden as a boy’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#70 (4,653)	#124 (406)	#137 (33)	#143 (16)	#111 (50)	#47 (488)	—	#90 (85)
2024	#59 (5,153)	#111 (476)	#97 (55)	#144 (15)	#94 (60)	#44 (512)	#63 (120)	#77 (99)
2023	#49 (5,645)	#107 (485)	#129 (38)	#98 (25)	#69 (93)	#39 (531)	#81 (100)	#77 (87)
2022	#46 (6,500)	#104 (529)	#107 (52)	#109 (23)	#66 (104)	#35 (603)	#55 (145)	#74 (91)
2021	#41 (6,934)	#104 (576)	#115 (49)	#150 (16)	#70 (97)	#31 (708)	#65 (144)	#58 (117)
2020	#37 (7,177)	#98 (591)	#101 (55)	#111 (24)	#61 (106)	#27 (793)	#45 (180)	#50 (131)
2019	#35 (7,970)	#79 (760)	#113 (51)	#107 (25)	#65 (101)	#25 (857)	#41 (189)	#43 (163)
2018	#29 (8,626)	#77 (792)	#95 (64)	#87 (32)	#68 (96)	#28 (817)	#54 (160)	#47 (126)
2017	#26 (9,594)	#71 (900)	#80 (77)	#72 (45)	#61 (114)	#24 (878)	#38 (206)	#51 (127)
2016	#27 (10,158)	#61 (1,050)	#75 (94)	#83 (39)	#62 (125)	#25 (949)	#31 (259)	#43 (143)
2015	#20 (11,583)	#49 (1,219)	#65 (108)	#62 (52)	#61 (127)	#26 (939)	#37 (233)	#41 (133)
2014	#15 (12,995)	#43 (1,334)	#57 (112)	#57 (54)	#53 (153)	#24 (1,026)	#24 (294)	#41 (152)
2013	#9 (14,804)	#42 (1,657)	#48 (147)	#39 (67)	#45 (191)	#21 (1,070)	#22 (322)	#40 (155)
2012	#8 (16,152)	#37 (1,977)	#41 (186)	#50 (65)	#43 (197)	#23 (1,039)	#22 (331)	#38 (157)
2011	#4 (17,019)	#32 (2,353)	#30 (227)	#32 (85)	#50 (177)	#24 (1,067)	#21 (356)	#33 (164)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 2010 at #4.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 370 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Boys	2025	about 1 in 370	common
England & Wales	Boys	2025	about 1 in 670	common
Scotland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 600	common
Northern Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 520	common
Ireland	Boys	2025	about 1 in 470	common
Canada	Boys	2025	about 1 in 330	common

Next year

On its recent trend, Jayden is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 390 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jayden (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

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Quebec	2025	#35	173
Ontario	2024	#60	191

Jayden (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.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Jayden	Canada	Girls	—	too few
Jayden	Canada	Boys	#47	488
Jayden	England & Wales	Girls	—	too few
Jayden	England & Wales	Boys	#124	406
Jayden	Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Jayden	Ireland	Boys	#111	50
Jayden	Northern Ireland	Girls	—	too few
Jayden	Northern Ireland	Boys	#143	16
Jayden	NSW	Boys	—	too few
Jayden	Scotland	Girls	—	too few
Jayden	Scotland	Boys	#137	33
Jayden	US	Girls	#2,645	65
Jayden	US	Boys	#70	4,653
Jayden	VIC	Boys	#90	85