How rare is the name Haden?

3,926 people in the United States have the first name Haden, about 1 in 76,931. It ranks #4,660 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

HADEN

#4,660

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,926
About
1 in 76,931
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,926 people named Haden, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as two or more races. 92.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Haden peaked in 2006, when 239 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
239
In 2025*
30 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,053 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Haden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,079. The largest share of babies named Haden, 65.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#5,96448
1920s#5,091108
1930s#6,55750
1940s#9,04222
1950s#12,23212
1960s#13,98612
1970s#18,25816
1980s#11,99774
1990s#2,950858
2000s#2,0791,962
2010s#4,379722
2020s#8,253169
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–640.7%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–9614.3%
Generation Z 1997–1265.5%
2013 and later13.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Haden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Haden has been most common in Utah (3.6×), Texas (3.4×), and Oklahoma (3.3×), and least common in New York (0.2×).

1,946 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Haden

2 other first names also have 3,926 people.

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Haden, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Haden ranks #10,821 of 156,621, with 2,812 people. See Haden as a last name

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