Cayden
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 1,565 babies a year in the US.
How Cayden has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #213 |
| 2016 | #244 |
| 2017 | #241 |
| 2018 | #251 |
| 2019 | #264 |
| 2020 | #267 |
| 2021 | #289 |
| 2022 | #295 |
| 2023 | #326 |
| 2024 | #349 |
| 2025 | #414 |
Cayden by the numbers
In 2025, 39 babies in England and Wales were named Cayden. In the US, 1,565 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,748 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Cayden
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cayden. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cayden
Names that are said the same way as Cayden, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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