Kayden

#2,933 for girls in 2025, 57 births · #135 for boys in 2025, 2,678 births
Given to boys 90.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2014 · 4,742 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
73,606
since 1989

Kayden over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #392, 2008peak #90, 2014girlsboys
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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#2,93357#1352,678
2024#2,72263#1252,895
2023#2,44273#1143,135
2022#2,19386#1063,483
2021#1,99197#1083,584
2020#1,728116#993,650
2019#1,679125#973,926
2018#1,435154#974,004
2017#1,160212#984,014
2016#1,039254#1014,040
2015#879316#954,263
2014#713394#904,742
2013#761357#934,438
2012#586497#973,884
2011#530547#1053,746
2010#481627#1233,304
2009#441715#1382,964
2008#392824#1522,596
2007#509627#1862,195
2006#623466#2301,570
2005#624450#2561,298
2004#742354#317974
2003#930253#366725
2002#1,303150#502454
2001#1,94189#658278
2000#2,50860#780212
1999#3,37437#996141
1998#3,83130#1,205102
1997#4,37024#1,42376
1996#5,77116#1,53365
1995#6,64113#1,73651
1994#8,8049#2,21936
1993#11,7806#2,29533
1992#6,65213#3,22020
1991#3,63616
1990#5,8238
1989#6,9416
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Kayden! It came in at #6,941, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.

Where Kayden is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #89 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 276 boysAKMaine: #129 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 388 boysMEVermont: #72 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 190 boysVTNew Hampshire: #217 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 860 boysNHWashington: #154 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 624 boysWAIdaho: #124 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 439 boysIDMontana: #130 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 362 boysMTNorth Dakota: #121 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 368 boysNDMinnesota: #186 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 732 boysMNIllinois: #102 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 430 boysILWisconsin: #117 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 419 boysWIMichigan: #114 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 430 boysMINew York: #89 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 408 boysNYMassachusetts: #107 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 412 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kayden, so not publishedRIOregon: #122 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 446 boysORNevada: #126 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 486 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kayden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #73 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 219 boysSDIowa: #182 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 675 boysIAIndiana: #98 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 379 boysINOhio: #103 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 400 boysOHPennsylvania: #93 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 359 boysPANew Jersey: #82 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 349 boysNJConnecticut: #91 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 334 boysCTCalifornia: #161 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 719 boysCAUtah: #235 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 924 boysUTColorado: #151 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 575 boysCONebraska: #172 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 574 boysNEMissouri: #78 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 309 boysMOKentucky: #69 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 261 boysKYWest Virginia: #71 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 242 boysWVVirginia: #120 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 463 boysVAMaryland: #92 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 336 boysMDDelaware: #89 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 265 boysDEArizona: #149 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 568 boysAZNew Mexico: #103 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 368 boysNMKansas: #118 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 407 boysKSArkansas: #58 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 241 boysARTennessee: #75 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 295 boysTNNorth Carolina: #69 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 287 boysNCSouth Carolina: #62 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 250 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #143 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 481 boysDCOklahoma: #119 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 440 boysOKLouisiana: #58 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 251 boysLAMississippi: #23 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 163 boysMSAlabama: #71 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 272 boysALGeorgia: #68 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 277 boysGAHawaii: #56 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 212 boysHITexas: #112 for boys · 358 births · 1 in 492 boysTXFlorida: #66 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 298 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#23 · 1 in 163
  2. Hawaii#56 · 1 in 212
  3. Arkansas#58 · 1 in 241
  4. Louisiana#58 · 1 in 251
  5. South Carolina#62 · 1 in 250

Best ever in a state: #23 in Mississippi, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#23821 in 163
Hawaii#56201 in 212
Arkansas#58571 in 241
Louisiana#58951 in 251
South Carolina#62841 in 250
Florida#663241 in 298
Georgia#681941 in 277
Kentucky#69831 in 261
North Carolina#691791 in 287
Alabama#71841 in 272
West Virginia#71311 in 242
Vermont#7281 in 190
South Dakota#73181 in 219
Tennessee#751231 in 295
Missouri#78991 in 309
New Jersey#821171 in 349
Alaska#89111 in 276
Delaware#89131 in 265
New York#892391 in 408
Connecticut#91421 in 334
Maryland#92791 in 336
Pennsylvania#931621 in 359
Indiana#98911 in 379
Illinois#1021441 in 430
New Mexico#103221 in 368
Ohio#1031461 in 400
Massachusetts#107701 in 412
Texas#1123581 in 492
Michigan#1141081 in 430
Wisconsin#117621 in 419
Kansas#118371 in 407
Oklahoma#119441 in 440
Virginia#120881 in 463
North Dakota#121111 in 368
Oregon#122391 in 446
Idaho#124181 in 439
Nevada#126271 in 486
Maine#129111 in 388
Montana#130101 in 362
District of Columbia#14391 in 481
Arizona#149611 in 568
Colorado#151461 in 575
Washington#154571 in 624
California#1613001 in 719
Nebraska#172171 in 574
Iowa#182221 in 675
Minnesota#186371 in 732
New Hampshire#21751 in 860
Utah#235221 in 924
Rhode Island
Wyoming

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#125#135)
  • 36 spots since 2020 (#99#135)
  • 40 spots since 2015 (#95#135)
  • Biggest jump: 216 spots in 2000 (#996#780)
  • Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2024 (#114#125)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2014 at #90 (4,742 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2012–2015
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 405
  • Highest: 1 in 405 boys born in 2014 were named Kayden (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 638 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 54.8% of all boys named Kayden (40,361) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s6#6,941 (1989)#6,941
1990s548#996 (1999)#2,409
2000s13,266#138 (2009)#359
2010s40,361#90 (2014)#100
2020s19,425#99 (2020)#115

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.

Kayden in 2017

girls
#1,160
212 births · 1 in 8,144 girls
boys
#98
4,014 births · 1 in 461 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #1,160Kayden212

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #98Kayden4,014
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 8,144 of them was named Kayden, which outranked 93.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayden
  1. #1,154Selina214
  2. #1,154Tamia214
  3. #1,159Shanaya213
  4. #1,160Kayden212
  5. #1,160Kamille212
  6. #1,160Malka212
  7. #1,160Maylee212
  8. #1,165Adilene211
  9. #1,165Austyn211
  10. #1,165Berkley211

Tied with 4 names at #1,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 461 of them was named Kayden, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kayden
  1. #95Sawyer4,171
  2. #96Gavin4,159
  3. #97Leonardo4,131
  4. #98Kayden4,014
  5. #99Ayden3,964
  6. #100Jameson3,932
  7. #101Bentley3,841
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017