Hayden

#437 for girls in 2025, 707 births · #161 for boys in 2025, 2,268 births
Given to boys 77.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2007 · 6,278 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
114,084
since 1880

Hayden over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #127, 2008peak #71, 2007girlsboys
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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#437707#1612,268
2024#402789#1542,341
2023#368834#1622,233
2022#344937#1622,303
2021#2901,101#1752,210
2020#2981,086#1772,157
2019#2941,139#1902,070
2018#2621,250#1802,183
2017#2321,359#1722,300
2016#2061,577#1682,394
2015#1911,711#1502,750
2014#2011,668#1402,891
2013#1931,685#1292,971
2012#1971,614#1093,547
2011#1871,692#904,603
2010#1621,892#964,196
2009#1312,475#914,868
2008#1272,662#765,949
2007#1941,737#716,278
2006#418761#736,470
2005#417747#765,916
2004#582483#875,019
2003#570490#845,101
2002#610419#964,142
2001#681365#1173,262
2000#685348#1293,044
1999#811268#1502,414
1998#837254#1602,143
1997#1,040183#1672,069
1996#1,020183#1682,015
1995#1,120158#1721,895
1994#1,160153#1761,792
1993#1,237140#2241,326
1992#1,434112#2491,159
1991#1,83277#282926
1990#2,73742#379611
1989#2,61843#648239
1988#2,86736#890115
1987#3,33127#834125
1986#3,45925#97189
1985#4,28218#1,02080
1984#4,73715#1,06970
1983#5,45712#1,13063
1982#3,78021#1,02378
1981#4,53216#1,11167
1980#6,31910#1,01080
1979#4,84214#1,12863
1978#4,67914#1,20355
1977#4,94213#1,28948
1976#5,21511#1,23849
1975#4,14115#1,37840
1974#5,36010#1,43936
1973#6,0808#1,26842
1972—#1,60329
1971#7,3886#1,35239
1970#7,0706#1,23845
1969#6,6176#1,23141
1968—#1,36632
1967—#1,41129
1966—#1,58024
1965—#1,38631
1964—#1,28837
1963—#1,48528
1962—#1,25938
1961—#1,46730
1960—#1,34135
1959—#1,15645
1958—#1,42030
1957—#1,58325
1956—#1,25737
1955—#1,57224
1954—#1,24236
1953—#1,33132
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,19537
1950—#1,05245
1949—#1,20535
1948—#1,10741
1947—#95655
1946—#1,03144
1945—#1,03938
1944—#93547
1943—#95649
1942—#97047
1941—#98742
1940—#1,06737
1939—#1,21929
1938—#1,06237
1937—#1,07436
1936—#92444
1935—#87252
1934—#90948
1933—#99541
1932—#1,00443
1931—#1,10238
1930—#95850
1929—#95250
1928—#89156
1927—#93754
1926—#87558
1925—#84362
1924—#89760
1923—#75076
1922—#80170
1921—#81470
1920—#84664
1919—#79966
1918—#80965
1917—#74969
1916—#79061
1915—#72567
1914—#77746
1913—#74539
1912—#63543
1911—#73219
1910—#92812
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#9309
1906—#75211
1905—#78610
1904—#8109
1903—#9107
1902—#1,1375
1901—#8587
1900—#83610
1899—#7149
1898—#66311
1897—#7878
1896—#8268
1895—#8727
1894——
1893—#1,0355
1892—#7928
1891—#6359
1890—#7398
1889—#8786
1888—#9176
1887——
1886——
1885—#8366
1884——
1883——
1882—#9435
1881——
1880—#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hayden was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Hayden is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #93 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 302 boysAKMaine: #129 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 501 boysMEVermont: #81 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 262 boysVTNew Hampshire: #72 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 238 boysNHWashington: #104 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 423 boysWAIdaho: #66 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 225 boysIDMontana: #124 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 399 boysMTNorth Dakota: #90 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 286 boysNDMinnesota: #131 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 611 boysMNIllinois: #184 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 894 boysILWisconsin: #102 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 428 boysWIMichigan: #151 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 750 boysMINew York: #270 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 1,736 boysNYMassachusetts: #153 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,006 boysMARhode Island: #144 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 753 boysRIOregon: #65 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 250 boysORNevada: #149 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 619 boysNVWyoming: #34 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 109 boysWYSouth Dakota: #129 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 433 boysSDIowa: #199 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 979 boysIAIndiana: #112 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 480 boysINOhio: #105 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 477 boysOHPennsylvania: #164 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 889 boysPANew Jersey: #342 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,663 boysNJConnecticut: #169 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,070 boysCTCalifornia: #207 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 1,087 boysCAUtah: #52 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 187 boysUTColorado: #127 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 490 boysCONebraska: #109 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 407 boysNEMissouri: #90 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 351 boysMOKentucky: #101 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 465 boysKYWest Virginia: #80 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 296 boysWVVirginia: #159 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 855 boysVAMaryland: #174 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 991 boysMDDelaware: #100 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 422 boysDEArizona: #99 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 375 boysAZNew Mexico: #290 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,521 boysNMKansas: #96 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 367 boysKSArkansas: #63 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 257 boysARTennessee: #65 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 283 boysTNNorth Carolina: #130 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 647 boysNCSouth Carolina: #117 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 581 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Hayden, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #67 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 261 boysOKLouisiana: #54 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 255 boysLAMississippi: #57 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 268 boysMSAlabama: #79 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 351 boysALGeorgia: #134 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 693 boysGAHawaii: #218 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 865 boysHITexas: #123 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 494 boysTXFlorida: #218 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 1,191 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#34 · 1 in 109
  2. Utah#52 · 1 in 187
  3. Louisiana#54 · 1 in 255
  4. Mississippi#57 · 1 in 268
  5. Arkansas#63 · 1 in 257

Best ever in a state: #14 in Arkansas, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#34161 in 109
Utah#521121 in 187
Louisiana#541071 in 255
Mississippi#57581 in 268
Arkansas#63581 in 257
Oregon#65791 in 250
Tennessee#651291 in 283
Idaho#66351 in 225
Oklahoma#67791 in 261
New Hampshire#72251 in 238
Alabama#79721 in 351
West Virginia#80311 in 296
Vermont#8191 in 262
Missouri#90981 in 351
North Dakota#90121 in 286
Alaska#93111 in 302
Kansas#96451 in 367
Arizona#991011 in 375
Delaware#100101 in 422
Kentucky#101521 in 465
Wisconsin#102691 in 428
Washington#104821 in 423
Ohio#1051481 in 477
Nebraska#109251 in 407
Indiana#112821 in 480
South Carolina#117361 in 581
Texas#1233471 in 494
Montana#124101 in 399
Colorado#127581 in 490
Maine#129111 in 501
South Dakota#12991 in 433
North Carolina#130801 in 647
Minnesota#131481 in 611
Georgia#134801 in 693
Rhode Island#14471 in 753
Nevada#149201 in 619
Michigan#151791 in 750
Massachusetts#153361 in 1,006
Virginia#159481 in 855
Pennsylvania#164741 in 889
Connecticut#169171 in 1,070
Maryland#174291 in 991
Illinois#184901 in 894
Iowa#199171 in 979
California#2072281 in 1,087
Florida#218751 in 1,191
Hawaii#21861 in 865
New York#270661 in 1,736
New Mexico#29071 in 1,521
New Jersey#342181 in 2,663
District of Columbia———

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 Hayden
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#154 → #161)
  • 16 spots since 2020 (#177 → #161)
  • 11 spots since 2015 (#150 → #161)
  • Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1990 (#648 → #379)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1902 (#858 → #1,137)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2007 at #71 (6,278 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2002–2011
  • Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 318
  • Highest: 1 in 318 boys born in 2006 were named Hayden (0.31%)
  • Latest: 1 in 753 boys born in 2025 (0.13%)
  • Its best rank, #71 in 2007, was only 1 in 331 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 43.9% of all boys named Hayden (50,049) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#836 (1885)#897
1890s73#635 (1891)#785
1900s91#752 (1906)#872
1910s487#635 (1912)#769
1920s620#750 (1923)#861
1930s418#872 (1935)#1,012
1940s435#935 (1944)#1,025
1950s339#1,052 (1950)#1,324
1960s325#1,231 (1969)#1,381
1970s446#1,128 (1979)#1,314
1980s1,006#648 (1989)#971
1990s16,350#150 (1999)#213
2000s50,049#71 (2007)#90
2010s29,905#90 (2011)#142
2020s13,512#154 (2024)#165

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.

Hayden in 2000

girls
#685
348 births · 1 in 5,218 girls
boys
#129
3,044 births · 1 in 645 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #685Hayden348

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #129Hayden3,044
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 5,218 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 96.1% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hayden
  1. #682Mariam350
  2. #682Robyn350
  3. #682Stacey350
  4. #685Hayden348
  5. #686Janessa346
  6. #687Kenzie345
  7. #688Jalyn343
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 645 of them was named Hayden, which outranked 98.9% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hayden
  1. #126Henry3,127
  2. #127Parker3,099
  3. #128Collin3,045
  4. #129Hayden3,044
  5. #130George3,037
  6. #131Bradley3,017
  7. #132Mitchell2,983
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →