Kayden

Where Kayden comes from

The dictionaries list Kayden as a given name — a male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #6,941 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Kayden Jackson born
    association football player
  3. 1998
    Kayden Troff born
    American chess player
  4. 2014
    Peak, #90
    4,742 babies named Kayden — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden.
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden.
Namesakes
  • Kayden Jackson · association football player, born 1994
  • Kayden Troff · American chess player, born 1998
  • Kayden Pierre · American soccer player, born 2003
  • Kayden Francis · South African soccer player, born 2003
  • Kayden Harrack · Grenadian footballer, born 2003

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.