Jaden

Where Jaden comes from

The dictionaries list Jaden as a given name — a unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1974
    First appearance
    #3,558 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Jaden Smith born
    American rapper and actor
  3. 2002
    Jaden Philogene born
    English association football player
  4. 2007
    Peak, #74
    6,262 babies named Jaden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #139.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.
Namesakes
  • Jaden Smith · American rapper and actor, born 1998
  • Jaden Philogene · English association football player, born 2002
  • Jaden Ivey · American basketball player, born 2002
  • Jaden McDaniels · American basketball player, born 2000
  • Jaden Schwartz · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1992

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.