How rare is the name Rayden?

4,143 people in the United States have the first name Rayden, about 1 in 72,902. It ranks #4,481 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAYDEN

#4,481

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,143
About
1 in 72,902
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,143 people named Rayden, 47.7% reported their origin as White, 21.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.2% as Black. 93.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rayden peaked in 2022, when 416 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
416
In 2025*
297 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,937 babies have been given the name since 1991. 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.

Rayden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,484. The largest share of babies named Rayden, 68.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#8,117198
2000s#3,0231,152
2010s#1,5083,428
2020s#1,4842,159
Millennials 1981–961.3%
Generation Z 1997–1230.1%
2013 and later68.7%

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 Rayden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rayden has been most common in Hawaii (8.9×), Arizona (2.5×), and Oklahoma (2.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.34×).

5,089 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 Rayden

#4,479 Kaeden · 4,152#4,479 Olin · 4,152#4,482 Jovany · 4,142#4,483 Roseanna · 4,141

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,080 Raiden · 7,182#27,859 Raydon · 326#30,462 Raeden · 286#30,958 Raden · 279#46,679 Raydean · 142#53,366 Raydene · 100

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