Kayden
- #2,933 for girls in 2025, 57 births
- #135 for boys in 2025, 2,678 births
- Given to boys 90.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 4,742 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 73,606since 1989
Kayden over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,933 | 57 | #135 | 2,678 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | #125 | 2,895 |
| 2023 | #2,442 | 73 | #114 | 3,135 |
| 2022 | #2,193 | 86 | #106 | 3,483 |
| 2021 | #1,991 | 97 | #108 | 3,584 |
| 2020 | #1,728 | 116 | #99 | 3,650 |
| 2019 | #1,679 | 125 | #97 | 3,926 |
| 2018 | #1,435 | 154 | #97 | 4,004 |
| 2017 | #1,160 | 212 | #98 | 4,014 |
| 2016 | #1,039 | 254 | #101 | 4,040 |
| 2015 | #879 | 316 | #95 | 4,263 |
| 2014 | #713 | 394 | #90 | 4,742 |
| 2013 | #761 | 357 | #93 | 4,438 |
| 2012 | #586 | 497 | #97 | 3,884 |
| 2011 | #530 | 547 | #105 | 3,746 |
| 2010 | #481 | 627 | #123 | 3,304 |
| 2009 | #441 | 715 | #138 | 2,964 |
| 2008 | #392 | 824 | #152 | 2,596 |
| 2007 | #509 | 627 | #186 | 2,195 |
| 2006 | #623 | 466 | #230 | 1,570 |
| 2005 | #624 | 450 | #256 | 1,298 |
| 2004 | #742 | 354 | #317 | 974 |
| 2003 | #930 | 253 | #366 | 725 |
| 2002 | #1,303 | 150 | #502 | 454 |
| 2001 | #1,941 | 89 | #658 | 278 |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 | #780 | 212 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 | #996 | 141 |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | #1,205 | 102 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #1,423 | 76 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #1,533 | 65 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #1,736 | 51 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Kayden! It came in at #6,941, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1990, when fewer than 9 boys a year got the name.
Where Kayden is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#28 · 1 in 197
- South Carolina#63 · 1 in 286
- Rhode Island#77 · 1 in 240
- Alabama#77 · 1 in 342
- Louisiana#79 · 1 in 330
Best ever in a state: #23 in Mississippi, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #28 | 55 | 1 in 197 |
| South Carolina | #63 | 74 | 1 in 286 |
| Alabama | #77 | 63 | 1 in 342 |
| Rhode Island | #77 | 13 | 1 in 240 |
| Louisiana | #79 | 58 | 1 in 330 |
| Florida | #80 | 253 | 1 in 378 |
| Georgia | #84 | 132 | 1 in 380 |
| New York | #87 | 212 | 1 in 398 |
| Massachusetts | #100 | 69 | 1 in 392 |
| Hawaii | #104 | 9 | 1 in 324 |
| North Carolina | #106 | 115 | 1 in 448 |
| New Jersey | #111 | 88 | 1 in 452 |
| Maryland | #112 | 51 | 1 in 449 |
| West Virginia | #113 | 17 | 1 in 362 |
| Pennsylvania | #122 | 104 | 1 in 503 |
| Indiana | #124 | 65 | 1 in 487 |
| Tennessee | #127 | 75 | 1 in 490 |
| Illinois | #133 | 87 | 1 in 570 |
| Oklahoma | #136 | 34 | 1 in 520 |
| Arkansas | #141 | 25 | 1 in 503 |
| Delaware | #142 | 7 | 1 in 421 |
| Kentucky | #142 | 39 | 1 in 527 |
| Ohio | #144 | 95 | 1 in 553 |
| Virginia | #146 | 62 | 1 in 601 |
| Nevada | #148 | 21 | 1 in 538 |
| New Mexico | #148 | 13 | 1 in 500 |
| Iowa | #149 | 28 | 1 in 494 |
| Connecticut | #151 | 24 | 1 in 550 |
| Wisconsin | #152 | 42 | 1 in 558 |
| Texas | #160 | 232 | 1 in 755 |
| District of Columbia | #168 | 5 | 1 in 505 |
| Missouri | #172 | 41 | 1 in 678 |
| California | #188 | 207 | 1 in 848 |
| Arizona | #196 | 44 | 1 in 744 |
| Maine | #206 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Michigan | #209 | 48 | 1 in 837 |
| Minnesota | #225 | 28 | 1 in 875 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Kansas | #235 | 16 | 1 in 878 |
| Washington | #241 | 32 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Utah | #274 | 18 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Colorado | #278 | 23 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Oregon | #281 | 15 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
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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 Kayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 36 spots since 2020 (#99 → #135)
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 2000
- Biggest drop: 11 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2014 at #90 (4,742 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2012–2015
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 405
- Highest: 1 in 405 boys born in 2014 were named Kayden (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 638 boys born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 54.8% of all boys named Kayden (40,361) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 | #6,941 (1989) | #6,941 |
| 1990s | 548 | #996 (1999) | #2,409 |
| 2000s | 13,266 | #138 (2009) | #359 |
| 2010s | 40,361 | #90 (2014) | #100 |
| 2020s | 19,425 | #99 (2020) | #115 |
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.
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