Kaydan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Kaydan by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kaydan. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 50 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kaydan

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 Kaydan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaidansmall battle; a form of Kaden52 in the US (2017)
  • Kayhanlord of the world; ruler6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaedansmall battle; form of Caedan or Kaden10 in the US (2017)
  • Kayden4,179 in the US (2017)
  • Kaydon57 in the US (2017)
  • Kaydin54 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kaydan

Names that are said the same way as Kaydan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Caidynbattle; a modern respelling of Caden43 in the US (2017)
  • Cadynbattle; a form of Caden32 in the US (2017)
  • Kaidinsmall battle; form of Kaden10 in the US (2017)
  • Kaiden2,843 in the US (2017)
  • Kaden1,851 in the US (2017)
  • Caden1,715 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kaydan

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