How common is the name Jayden?

195,732 people in the United States have the first name Jayden, about 1 in 1,543. It ranks #284 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAYDEN

#284

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
195,732
About
1 in 1,543
This common or more
48%
Who bears it

Of the 195,732 people named Jayden, 31.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 31% as White and 21.7% as Black. 90.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jayden peaked in 2009, when 19,083 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
19,083
In 2025*
4,718 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 276,060 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Jayden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #19. The largest share of babies named Jayden, 57.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#19,64012
1980s#10,21097
1990s#1,0654,238
2000s#57102,643
2010s#19132,331
2020s#7736,739
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1257.8%
2013 and later41.8%

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 Jayden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jayden has been most common in Nevada (3×), Florida (2.1×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Vermont (0.43×).

274,253 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 Jayden

#282 Danny · 197,114#283 Rose · 196,309#285 Jill · 194,537#286 Julian · 193,591

Spelled almost the same

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

#637 Jaden · 83,104#1,231 Jaiden · 31,122#2,896 Jaydon · 7,883#3,946 Jaeden · 4,941#5,246 Jaydin · 3,311#5,579 Jaydan · 3,046#9,981 Jaydyn · 1,357#12,487 Jaydn · 996

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