Hayden

#437 for girls in 2025, 707 births · #161 for boys in 2025, 2,268 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 6,278 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
114,084
since 1880

Hayden over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #127, 2008peak #71, 2007girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#437707#1612,268
2024#402789#1542,341
2023#368834#1622,233
2022#344937#1622,303
2021#2901,101#1752,210
2020#2981,086#1772,157
2019#2941,139#1902,070
2018#2621,250#1802,183
2017#2321,359#1722,300
2016#2061,577#1682,394
2015#1911,711#1502,750
2014#2011,668#1402,891
2013#1931,685#1292,971
2012#1971,614#1093,547
2011#1871,692#904,603
2010#1621,892#964,196
2009#1312,475#914,868
2008#1272,662#765,949
2007#1941,737#716,278
2006#418761#736,470
2005#417747#765,916
2004#582483#875,019
2003#570490#845,101
2002#610419#964,142
2001#681365#1173,262
2000#685348#1293,044
1999#811268#1502,414
1998#837254#1602,143
1997#1,040183#1672,069
1996#1,020183#1682,015
1995#1,120158#1721,895
1994#1,160153#1761,792
1993#1,237140#2241,326
1992#1,434112#2491,159
1991#1,83277#282926
1990#2,73742#379611
1989#2,61843#648239
1988#2,86736#890115
1987#3,33127#834125
1986#3,45925#97189
1985#4,28218#1,02080
1984#4,73715#1,06970
1983#5,45712#1,13063
1982#3,78021#1,02378
1981#4,53216#1,11167
1980#6,31910#1,01080
1979#4,84214#1,12863
1978#4,67914#1,20355
1977#4,94213#1,28948
1976#5,21511#1,23849
1975#4,14115#1,37840
1974#5,36010#1,43936
1973#6,0808#1,26842
1972#1,60329
1971#7,3886#1,35239
1970#7,0706#1,23845
1969#6,6176#1,23141
1968#1,36632
1967#1,41129
1966#1,58024
1965#1,38631
1964#1,28837
1963#1,48528
1962#1,25938
1961#1,46730
1960#1,34135
1959#1,15645
1958#1,42030
1957#1,58325
1956#1,25737
1955#1,57224
1954#1,24236
1953#1,33132
1952#1,43028
1951#1,19537
1950#1,05245
1949#1,20535
1948#1,10741
1947#95655
1946#1,03144
1945#1,03938
1944#93547
1943#95649
1942#97047
1941#98742
1940#1,06737
1939#1,21929
1938#1,06237
1937#1,07436
1936#92444
1935#87252
1934#90948
1933#99541
1932#1,00443
1931#1,10238
1930#95850
1929#95250
1928#89156
1927#93754
1926#87558
1925#84362
1924#89760
1923#75076
1922#80170
1921#81470
1920#84664
1919#79966
1918#80965
1917#74969
1916#79061
1915#72567
1914#77746
1913#74539
1912#63543
1911#73219
1910#92812
1909#75614
1908#9469
1907#9309
1906#75211
1905#78610
1904#8109
1903#9107
1902#1,1375
1901#8587
1900#83610
1899#7149
1898#66311
1897#7878
1896#8268
1895#8727
1894
1893#1,0355
1892#7928
1891#6359
1890#7398
1889#8786
1888#9176
1887
1886
1885#8366
1884
1883
1882#9435
1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2007 at #71 (6,278 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2002–2011
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 318
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 43.9% of all boys named Hayden (50,049) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#836 (1885)#897
1890s73#635 (1891)#785
1900s91#752 (1906)#872
1910s487#635 (1912)#769
1920s620#750 (1923)#861
1930s418#872 (1935)#1,012
1940s435#935 (1944)#1,025
1950s339#1,052 (1950)#1,324
1960s325#1,231 (1969)#1,381
1970s446#1,128 (1979)#1,314
1980s1,006#648 (1989)#971
1990s16,350#150 (1999)#213
2000s50,049#71 (2007)#90
2010s29,905#90 (2011)#142
2020s13,512#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 2008

girls
#127
2,662 births · 1 in 710 girls
boys
#76
5,949 births · 1 in 343 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #127Hayden2,662

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #76Hayden5,949
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 710 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 99.4% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hayden
  1. #124Adriana2,728
  2. #125Lilly2,694
  3. #126Katie2,683
  4. #127Hayden2,662
  5. #128Jordan2,652
  6. #128Miley2,652
  7. #130Jade2,648
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 9,375Dayami#10,129#754
  2. 4,524Allisson#4,944#420
  3. 1,019Alisson#1,804#785
  4. 851Milagros#1,579#728
  5. 807Mareli#1,530#723
Fallers
  1. 391Kelis#968#1,359
  2. 390Joselin#755#1,145
  3. 378Tyra#947#1,325
  4. 363Montana#932#1,295
  5. 337Allyssa#988#1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 343 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hayden
  1. #73Carlos6,054
  2. #74Sebastian6,041
  3. #75Liam5,982
  4. #76Hayden5,949
  5. #77Nathaniel5,858
  6. #78Henry5,788
  7. #79Jesus5,758
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. 2,801Urijah#3,687#886
  2. 1,035Jadiel#1,912#877
  3. 790Aaden#1,132#342
  4. 676Chace#1,337#661
  5. 500Marley#1,263#763
Fallers
  1. 688Kelan#977#1,665
  2. 286Talen#990#1,276
  3. 281Nery#901#1,182
  4. 250Kellan#883#1,133
  5. 250Efren#977#1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008