first name
KAYDEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,575 people named Kayden, 47.9% reported their origin as White, 25.3% as Black and 13.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 86.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kayden peaked in 2014, when 5,136 babies got the name.
At least 81,717 babies have been given the name since 1989. 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.
Kayden by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #149. The largest share of babies named Kayden, 62.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Kayden is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kayden has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Florida (2.1×), and Utah (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.51×).
79,787 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 Kayden
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kayden, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kayden ranks #90,848 of 156,621, with 218 people. See Kayden as a last name
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