Hayden
#437 for girls in 2025, 707 births · #161 for boys in 2025, 2,268 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 6,278 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 114,084since 1880
Hayden over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #437 | 707 | #161 | 2,268 |
| 2024 | #402 | 789 | #154 | 2,341 |
| 2023 | #368 | 834 | #162 | 2,233 |
| 2022 | #344 | 937 | #162 | 2,303 |
| 2021 | #290 | 1,101 | #175 | 2,210 |
| 2020 | #298 | 1,086 | #177 | 2,157 |
| 2019 | #294 | 1,139 | #190 | 2,070 |
| 2018 | #262 | 1,250 | #180 | 2,183 |
| 2017 | #232 | 1,359 | #172 | 2,300 |
| 2016 | #206 | 1,577 | #168 | 2,394 |
| 2015 | #191 | 1,711 | #150 | 2,750 |
| 2014 | #201 | 1,668 | #140 | 2,891 |
| 2013 | #193 | 1,685 | #129 | 2,971 |
| 2012 | #197 | 1,614 | #109 | 3,547 |
| 2011 | #187 | 1,692 | #90 | 4,603 |
| 2010 | #162 | 1,892 | #96 | 4,196 |
| 2009 | #131 | 2,475 | #91 | 4,868 |
| 2008 | #127 | 2,662 | #76 | 5,949 |
| 2007 | #194 | 1,737 | #71 | 6,278 |
| 2006 | #418 | 761 | #73 | 6,470 |
| 2005 | #417 | 747 | #76 | 5,916 |
| 2004 | #582 | 483 | #87 | 5,019 |
| 2003 | #570 | 490 | #84 | 5,101 |
| 2002 | #610 | 419 | #96 | 4,142 |
| 2001 | #681 | 365 | #117 | 3,262 |
| 2000 | #685 | 348 | #129 | 3,044 |
| 1999 | #811 | 268 | #150 | 2,414 |
| 1998 | #837 | 254 | #160 | 2,143 |
| 1997 | #1,040 | 183 | #167 | 2,069 |
| 1996 | #1,020 | 183 | #168 | 2,015 |
| 1995 | #1,120 | 158 | #172 | 1,895 |
| 1994 | #1,160 | 153 | #176 | 1,792 |
| 1993 | #1,237 | 140 | #224 | 1,326 |
| 1992 | #1,434 | 112 | #249 | 1,159 |
| 1991 | #1,832 | 77 | #282 | 926 |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | #379 | 611 |
| 1989 | #2,618 | 43 | #648 | 239 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | #890 | 115 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | #834 | 125 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #971 | 89 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | #1,020 | 80 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | #1,069 | 70 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #1,130 | 63 |
| 1982 | #3,780 | 21 | #1,023 | 78 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #1,111 | 67 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #1,010 | 80 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | #1,128 | 63 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | #1,203 | 55 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,439 | 36 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #1,268 | 42 |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,238 | 45 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,411 | 29 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,580 | 24 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,386 | 31 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,288 | 37 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,485 | 28 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,259 | 38 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,467 | 30 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,341 | 35 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,156 | 45 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,420 | 30 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,583 | 25 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,257 | 37 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,572 | 24 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,242 | 36 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,331 | 32 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,430 | 28 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,052 | 45 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,205 | 35 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1947 | — | #956 | 55 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,031 | 44 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,039 | 38 | |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | — | #956 | 49 | |
| 1942 | — | #970 | 47 | |
| 1941 | — | #987 | 42 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,067 | 37 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,219 | 29 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,062 | 37 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,074 | 36 | |
| 1936 | — | #924 | 44 | |
| 1935 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1934 | — | #909 | 48 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,004 | 43 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,102 | 38 | |
| 1930 | — | #958 | 50 | |
| 1929 | — | #952 | 50 | |
| 1928 | — | #891 | 56 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #875 | 58 | |
| 1925 | — | #843 | 62 | |
| 1924 | — | #897 | 60 | |
| 1923 | — | #750 | 76 | |
| 1922 | — | #801 | 70 | |
| 1921 | — | #814 | 70 | |
| 1920 | — | #846 | 64 | |
| 1919 | — | #799 | 66 | |
| 1918 | — | #809 | 65 | |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1915 | — | #725 | 67 | |
| 1914 | — | #777 | 46 | |
| 1913 | — | #745 | 39 | |
| 1912 | — | #635 | 43 | |
| 1911 | — | #732 | 19 | |
| 1910 | — | #928 | 12 | |
| 1909 | — | #756 | 14 | |
| 1908 | — | #946 | 9 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #786 | 10 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #663 | 11 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #792 | 8 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #739 | 8 | |
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Hayden was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Hayden
- 7 spots since 2024 (#154 → #161)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#177 → #161)
- 11 spots since 2015 (#150 → #161)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1990 (#648 → #379)
- Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1902 (#858 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2007 at #71 (6,278 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2002–2011
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1986–2025
- Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 2006 were named Hayden (0.31%)
- Latest: 1 in 753 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
- Its best rank, #71 in 2007, was only 1 in 331 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.9% of all boys named Hayden (50,049) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #836 (1885) | #897 |
| 1890s | 73 | #635 (1891) | #785 |
| 1900s | 91 | #752 (1906) | #872 |
| 1910s | 487 | #635 (1912) | #769 |
| 1920s | 620 | #750 (1923) | #861 |
| 1930s | 418 | #872 (1935) | #1,012 |
| 1940s | 435 | #935 (1944) | #1,025 |
| 1950s | 339 | #1,052 (1950) | #1,324 |
| 1960s | 325 | #1,231 (1969) | #1,381 |
| 1970s | 446 | #1,128 (1979) | #1,314 |
| 1980s | 1,006 | #648 (1989) | #971 |
| 1990s | 16,350 | #150 (1999) | #213 |
| 2000s | 50,049 | #71 (2007) | #90 |
| 2010s | 29,905 | #90 (2011) | #142 |
| 2020s | 13,512 | #154 (2024) | #165 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Hayden in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 64,394 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 74.9% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,257Valene28
- #3,257Valery28
- #3,257Yolonda28
- #3,331Hayden27
- #3,331Adelaida27
- #3,331Aisling27
- #3,331Alese27
- #3,424Alivia26
- #3,424Amaryllis26
- #3,424Anaalicia26
Tied with 92 names at #3,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 14,936 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 89.8% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).