Hayden

Where Hayden comes from

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hayden
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1981
    Hayden Christensen born
    Canadian actor
  3. 1989
    Hayden Panettiere born
    American actress and singer
  4. 2007
    Peak, #71
    6,278 babies named Hayden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #129.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, in general use since the 1990s.
  • A place in the United States:
  • A town in Gila County and Pinal County, Arizona.
  • A town in Routt County, Colorado.
  • A city in Kootenai County, Idaho.
  • A census-designated place in Spencer Township, Jennings County, Indiana.
Namesakes
  • Hayden Panettiere · American actress and singer, 1989–2026
  • Hayden Christensen · Canadian actor, born 1981
  • Hayden Foxe · Australian association football player, born 1977
  • Hayden White · American historian, 1928–2018
  • Hayden Roulston · New Zealand cyclist, born 1981

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.