first name
HAYDEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 118,666 people named Hayden, 81.9% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% as two or more races. 77.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hayden peaked in 2008, when 8,611 babies got the name.
At least 147,508 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Hayden by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #116. The largest share of babies named Hayden, 57.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Hayden is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hayden has been most common in Utah (2.5×), Idaho (2.2×), and Nevada (2.1×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.11×).
142,858 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.
Either side of Hayden
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hayden, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hayden ranks #959 of 156,621, with 35,844 people. See Hayden as a last name
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