Haden

Where Haden comes from

Haden hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1771
    Haden Edwards born
    Texas settler and land speculator
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #1,868 among boys, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1973
    Haden Blackman born
    American writer and video game designer
  4. 2003
    Peak, #771
    228 babies named Haden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,565.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Haden Edwards · Texas settler and land speculator, 1771–1849
  • Haden Blackman · American writer and video game designer, born 1973
  • Haden Guest · film historian, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.