Kayden

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 4,179 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
4,179
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#135
down from #125
UK popularity
#220
226 babies · up from #250

How Kayden has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#82#115#148201520202025#135

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YearUS rank
2015#95
2016#101
2017#98
2018#97
2019#97
2020#99
2021#108
2022#107
2023#114
2024#125
2025#135

Kayden by the numbers

In 2025, 226 babies in England and Wales were named Kayden. In the US, 4,179 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 4,721 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kayden

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

Sounds like Kayden

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

  • Kaidansmall battle; a form of Kaden52 in the US (2017)
  • 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)

Names about as common as Kayden

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