NameTides

Kayden

Kayden was the #135 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,678 babies), and #220 in England & Wales and #117 in Canada.

Kayden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kayden 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaScotlandUSNorthern IrelandIrelandEngland & Wales
Kayden 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#135 (2,678)#220 (226)#140 (32)#175 (12)#165 (30)#117 (265)
2024#125 (2,895)#250 (191)#209 (20)#239 (8)#125 (44)#104 (288)
2023#114 (3,135)#208 (235)#145 (33)#132 (18)#124 (46)#93 (314)
2022#106 (3,483)#206 (247)#171 (28)#156 (14)#84 (73)#86 (353)
2021#108 (3,584)#188 (289)#131 (41)#118 (24)#109 (58)#104 (329)
2020#99 (3,650)#166 (318)#115 (49)#111 (24)#93 (64)#99 (335)
2019#97 (3,926)#156 (350)#130 (45)#185 (12)#80 (84)#118 (306)
2018#97 (4,004)#165 (343)#95 (64)#141 (17)#110 (60)#127 (292)
2017#98 (4,014)#149 (389)#104 (60)#140 (19)#102 (66)#138 (279)
2016#101 (4,040)#140 (422)#96 (71)#134 (21)#142 (46)#124 (324)
2015#95 (4,263)#134 (439)#103 (62)#142 (19)#112 (63)#134 (304)
2014#90 (4,742)#114 (537)#87 (81)#145 (19)#106 (71)#123 (339)
2013#93 (4,438)#104 (606)#71 (105)#88 (36)#91 (82)#138 (278)
2012#97 (3,884)#92 (678)#81 (87)#91 (35)#135 (52)#128 (315)
2011#105 (3,746)#94 (686)#63 (125)#124 (23)#137 (51)#128 (307)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #90.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 640 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 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 640common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 610common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 690common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 790common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 600common

Next year

On its recent trend, Kayden is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 680 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 660 to 1 in 710.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kayden by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #152WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #241WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #225MNIllinois: #133ILMichigan: #209MINew York: #87NYMassachusetts: #100MAOregon: #281ORNevada: #148NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #149IAIndiana: #124INOhio: #144OHPennsylvania: #122PANew Jersey: #111NJConnecticut: #151CTRhode Island: #77RICalifornia: #188CAUtah: #274UTColorado: #278CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #172MOKentucky: #142KYWest Virginia: #113WVVirginia: #146VAMaryland: #112MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #196AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: #235KSArkansas: #141ARTennessee: #127TNNorth Carolina: #106NCSouth Carolina: #63SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #136OKLouisiana: #79LAMississippi: #28MSAlabama: #77ALGeorgia: #84GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #160TXFlorida: #80FL
Kayden (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#9276
Ontario2024#14293

Kayden (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
KaydenCanadaGirls—too few
KaydenCanadaBoys#117265
KaydenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KaydenEngland & WalesBoys#220226
KaydenIrelandGirls—too few
KaydenIrelandBoys#16530
KaydenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KaydenNorthern IrelandBoys#17512
KaydenScotlandGirls—too few
KaydenScotlandBoys#14032
KaydenUSGirls#2,93357
KaydenUSBoys#1352,678