Jayden

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births · #70 for boys in 2025, 4,653 births
Given to boys 92.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 17,203 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
253,989
since 1977

Jayden over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #172, 2007peak #4, 2010girlsboys
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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#2,64565#704,653
2024#2,04095#595,153
2023#2,02097#495,645
2022#1,621130#466,500
2021#1,392157#416,934
2020#1,578133#377,177
2019#1,198195#357,970
2018#979270#298,626
2017#932283#269,594
2016#727390#2710,158
2015#641445#2011,583
2014#536580#1512,995
2013#438698#914,804
2012#378826#816,152
2011#2921,077#417,019
2010#2121,463#417,203
2009#1881,767#817,316
2008#1761,889#1117,167
2007#1722,045#1815,251
2006#2031,694#499,624
2005#2241,519#548,264
2004#2361,383#626,927
2003#2431,347#755,547
2002#2981,044#1013,853
2001#366810#1392,833
2000#496542#1941,821
1999#608398#2541,231
1998#884239#395621
1997#1,058180#522387
1996#1,58398#605294
1995#1,88074#686239
1994#2,04768#849159
1993#4,10025#1,29577
1992#5,26718#1,80446
1991#6,97612#1,98338
1990#10,1937#2,48827
1989#8,7618#2,78422
1988#3,20316
1987#3,73112
1986#3,26814
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Jayden! It came in at #5,123, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Jayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#59#70)
  • 33 spots since 2020 (#37#70)
  • 50 spots since 2015 (#20#70)
  • Biggest jump: 446 spots in 1994 (#1,295#849)
  • Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2025 (#59#70)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2010 at #4 (17,203 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: 5 yrs · run 2009–2013
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 112
  • Highest: 1 in 112 boys born in 2010 were named Jayden (0.90%)
  • Latest: 1 in 367 boys born in 2025 (0.27%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 49.6% of all boys named Jayden (126,104) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s12#5,059 (1978)#5,091
1980s89#2,784 (1989)#3,811
1990s3,119#254 (1999)#1,088
2000s88,603#8 (2009)#71
2010s126,104#4 (2010)#18
2020s36,062#37 (2020)#50

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.

Jayden in 2002

girls
#298
1,044 births · 1 in 1,721 girls
boys
#101
3,853 births · 1 in 504 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #298Jayden1,044

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #101Jayden3,853
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 1,721 of them was named Jayden, which outranked 98.4% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jayden
  1. #295Tara1,060
  2. #296Esther1,059
  3. #297Melody1,045
  4. #298Jayden1,044
  5. #299Kiana1,042
  6. #300Rachael1,041
  7. #301Alissa1,034
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 1,168Cadence#2,126#958
  2. 949Lisbeth#1,573#624
  3. 710Ashanti#825#115
  4. 464Elle#1,076#612
  5. 412Nyla#865#453
Fallers
  1. 1,141Citlalli#609#1,750
  2. 748Nallely#772#1,520
  3. 617Dafne#967#1,584
  4. 582Beyonce#700#1,282
  5. 540Mikaila#928#1,468

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

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 504 of them was named Jayden, which outranked 99.2% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jayden
  1. #98Diego3,979
  2. #99Riley3,959
  3. #100Victor3,935
  4. #101Jayden3,853
  5. #102Jake3,792
  6. #103Tristan3,725
  7. #104Kenneth3,665
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 10,021Omarion#10,556#535
  2. 3,583Amarion#4,302#719
  3. 3,370Yahir#3,974#604
  4. 1,466Gael#2,185#719
  5. 1,287Lisandro#2,185#898
Fallers
  1. 546Daunte#968#1,514
  2. 405Imanol#921#1,326
  3. 376Shemar#594#970
  4. 347Jade#958#1,305
  5. 311Jalon#873#1,184

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

See the top 100 for 2002