Cayden

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #414 for boys in 2025, 774 births
Given to boys 95.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2009 · 2,749 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
41,245
since 1990

Cayden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Cayden has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #143, 2009boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114#414774
2024#5,44323#349968
2023#8,05513#3271,027
2022#4,20234#2951,164
2021#4,96426#2891,178
2020#5,16824#2671,287
2019#5,44923#2641,367
2018#3,49744#2511,463
2017#3,69741#2411,534
2016#3,28049#2431,560
2015#3,09254#2131,869
2014#2,58268#1982,050
2013#2,17386#1722,389
2012#1,886106#1642,378
2011#1,789113#1502,576
2010#1,720121#1512,581
2009#1,469158#1432,749
2008#1,421167#1732,322
2007#1,613138#1762,341
2006#1,878108#2131,753
2005#1,690117#2231,574
2004#1,820104#2641,242
2003#2,26075#3001,013
2002#2,88851#375699
2001#3,86433#543398
2000#4,18529#624300
1999#5,21920#763209
1998#6,07316#1,005136
1997—#1,190100
1996#11,8076#1,48068
1995#9,5538#1,88745
1994#8,8049#1,51662
1993—#2,69726
1992—#2,67026
1991—#5,09610
1990—#6,4157
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Cayden! It came in at #6,415, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Cayden is popular in 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedAKMaine: #234 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 854 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #217 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 860 boysNHWashington: #358 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,616 boysWAIdaho: #394 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,580 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #266 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,128 boysMNIllinois: #213 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 924 boysILWisconsin: #224 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 928 boysWIMichigan: #291 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 1,407 boysMINew York: #244 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 1,148 boysNYMassachusetts: #224 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,108 boysMARhode Island: #105 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 323 boysRIOregon: #427 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,931 boysORNevada: #331 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,457 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedSDIowa: #267 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,061 boysIAIndiana: #242 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,013 boysINOhio: #215 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 898 boysOHPennsylvania: #224 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 1,058 boysPANew Jersey: #273 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,362 boysNJConnecticut: #152 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 585 boysCTCalifornia: #313 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 1,622 boysCAUtah: #551 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,903 boysUTColorado: #358 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,556 boysCONebraska: #360 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,395 boysNEMissouri: #236 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 987 boysMOKentucky: #202 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 773 boysKYWest Virginia: #165 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 577 boysWVVirginia: #220 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 970 boysVAMaryland: #160 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 631 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Cayden, so not publishedDEArizona: #384 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,822 boysAZNew Mexico: #309 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,157 boysNMKansas: #288 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,157 boysKSArkansas: #244 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 914 boysARTennessee: #159 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 636 boysTNNorth Carolina: #166 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 694 boysNCSouth Carolina: #158 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 600 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #235 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 867 boysDCOklahoma: #308 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,209 boysOKLouisiana: #179 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 663 boysLAMississippi: #173 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 606 boysMSAlabama: #197 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 762 boysALGeorgia: #183 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 735 boysGAHawaii: #131 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 424 boysHITexas: #310 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 1,493 boysTXFlorida: #187 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 833 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Rhode Island#105 · 1 in 323
  2. Hawaii#131 · 1 in 424
  3. Connecticut#152 · 1 in 585
  4. South Carolina#158 · 1 in 600
  5. Tennessee#159 · 1 in 636

Best ever in a state: #53 in Mississippi, 2011.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Rhode Island#105111 in 323
Hawaii#131101 in 424
Connecticut#152241 in 585
South Carolina#158351 in 600
Tennessee#159571 in 636
Maryland#160421 in 631
West Virginia#165131 in 577
North Carolina#166741 in 694
Mississippi#173221 in 606
Louisiana#179361 in 663
Georgia#183731 in 735
Florida#1871161 in 833
Alabama#197301 in 762
Kentucky#202281 in 773
Illinois#213671 in 924
Ohio#215651 in 898
New Hampshire#21751 in 860
Virginia#220421 in 970
Massachusetts#224261 in 1,108
Pennsylvania#224551 in 1,058
Wisconsin#224281 in 928
Maine#23451 in 854
District of Columbia#23551 in 867
Missouri#236311 in 987
Indiana#242341 in 1,013
Arkansas#244151 in 914
New York#244851 in 1,148
Minnesota#266241 in 1,128
Iowa#267141 in 1,061
New Jersey#273301 in 1,362
Kansas#288131 in 1,157
Michigan#291331 in 1,407
Oklahoma#308161 in 1,209
New Mexico#30971 in 1,157
Texas#3101181 in 1,493
California#3131331 in 1,622
Nevada#33191 in 1,457
Colorado#358171 in 1,556
Washington#358221 in 1,616
Nebraska#36071 in 1,395
Arizona#384191 in 1,822
Idaho#39451 in 1,580
Oregon#42791 in 1,931
Utah#55171 in 2,903
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Cayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 65 spots since 2024 (#349 → #414)
  • 147 spots since 2020 (#267 → #414)
  • 201 spots since 2015 (#213 → #414)
  • Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1999 (#1,005 → #763)
  • Biggest drop: 65 spots in 2025 (#349 → #414)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2009 at #143 (2,749 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 722
  • Highest: 1 in 722 boys born in 2009 were named Cayden (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,207 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 47.9% of all boys named Cayden (19,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s689#763 (1999)#2,472
2000s14,391#143 (2009)#303
2010s19,767#150 (2011)#205
2020s6,398#267 (2020)#324

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cayden in 2017

girls
#3,697
41 births · 1 in 42,109 girls
boys
#241
1,534 births · 1 in 1,207 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #3,697Cayden41

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #241Cayden1,534
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 42,109 of them was named Cayden, which outranked 80.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayden
  1. #3,627Zahira42
  2. #3,627Zaiya42
  3. #3,627Zamirah42
  4. #3,697Cayden41
  5. #3,697Abree41
  6. #3,697Aili41
  7. #3,697Ailynn41
  8. #3,769Acadia40
  9. #3,769Adaly40
  10. #3,769Adhira40

Tied with 71 names at #3,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,207 of them was named Cayden, which outranked 98.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cayden
  1. #238Jorge1,552
  2. #239Derek1,546
  3. #240Josue1,538
  4. #241Cayden1,534
  5. #242Holden1,531
  6. #243Griffin1,522
  7. #244Leon1,518
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →