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Jayden

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~273,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#70 among boys
Births in 2025
4,718 276,060 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Jayden popularity over time

Jayden rank by birth year, 1977–2025Jayden ranked #5,123 in 1977 and #70 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #4, in 2010.#10#100#1,000#70best #4 in 201019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1977–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Jayden in 2009 than in any other year — 19,083 of them. 1977 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 23 separate years.

The 2025 position is #70, on 4,718 births. Over ten years the count has fallen 61%.

Babies named Jayden per yearPeaks at 19,083 births in 2009.19,083 in 2009019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Jayden?

An estimated 273,500 living Americans are called Jayden. That is out of 276,060 recorded births since 1880. The split is about 21,900 women and 251,600 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Jayden?

Median age among living Jaydens: 14. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Jayden a millennial-era name.

Your Jayden

Ages of living people named JaydenHalf of living Jaydens are older than 14 and half younger.median 1402040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Jayden is most common

Jayden is 2.1× as common in Rhode Island as it is nationally. Delaware, New Mexico and New Jersey follow.

Where Jayden is used more than average5 states use the name Jayden more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.6× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 2.1× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.9× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: 1.8× the national rateNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.6× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Jayden is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 268 2.1×
Delaware 225 1.9×
New Mexico 490 1.8×
New Jersey 2,657 1.6×
Florida 6,127 1.6×

Jayden in England and Wales

ONS recorded 406 births named Jayden in 2025, ranking it #124. That is 31% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Jayden comes from

Invented at the end of the 20th century by American parents who wanted to combine the initial "J" with the fashionable sound of Aidan, Braden, Caden and Hayden. It has been unisex from the very beginning because it resembles both Jay and Jade.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Jayden

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Jayden Adams South African soccer player 2001–2026 36
Jayden Nelson Canadian soccer player 2002 22
Jayden Bogle English association football player 2000 16
Jayden Danns English association football player 2006 16
Jayden Oosterwolde Dutch association football player 2001 14
Jayden Braaf Dutch association football player 2002 13
Jayden Addai Dutch footballer 2005 11
Jayden Daniels American football player 2000 11
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 860 in 1998 to 1,629 in 1999 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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