How rare is the name Kaeden?

4,152 people in the United States have the first name Kaeden, about 1 in 72,744. It ranks #4,479 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KAEDEN

#4,479

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,152
About
1 in 72,744
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,152 people named Kaeden, 51.6% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Black and 12.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kaeden peaked in 2008, when 377 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19942025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
377
In 2025*
48 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,258 babies have been given the name since 1994. 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.

Kaeden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,855. The largest share of babies named Kaeden, 63.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#13,05899
2000s#1,8552,314
2010s#2,0012,298
2020s#3,774547
Millennials 1981–960.6%
Generation Z 1997–1263.3%
2013 and later36.1%

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 Kaeden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kaeden has been most common in Washington (2.8×), Hawaii (2.8×), and Florida (2.1×), and least common in Tennessee (0.5×).

3,624 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 Kaeden

1 other first name also has 4,152 people.

#4,479 Olin · 4,152

Either side of Kaeden

#4,477 Kynlee · 4,156#4,477 Lanette · 4,156#4,479 Olin · 4,152#4,481 Rayden · 4,143

Spelled almost the same

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

#814 Kaden · 58,483#878 Kayden · 51,575#1,149 Kaiden · 34,685#8,965 Kaedyn · 1,585#19,389 Kaedon · 546#26,023 Kaedan · 361#26,440 Kaedin · 352#39,134 Kadden · 194

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