Ayden
Pronounced AY1 D AE1 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2012
- 37 years in use
- 11 spellings
How popular is Ayden?
Ayden is a boys' name, and first appears in 1988. It has been given to 103,159 children — the 315th most common boys' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 39% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2012, when 6,985 children were given it.
11 other spellings are counted in that total — Aydan, Aedan, Aeden and eight more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Ayden and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Aydan
- Aedan
- Aeden
- Aydenn
- Aideen
- Adean
- Aidean
- Aydann
- Adeen
- Aidann
- Eydeen
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AY1 D AE1 N · AY1 D EH1 N · EY1 D AE1 N · EY1 D AH0 N · EY1 D EH1 N
- Stress pattern:
- 11 · 11 · 11 · 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ayden
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ayden
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ayden?
- Ayden ranks 315th among boys' names in US records, with 103,159 births since 1988. Over the past decade it accounts for 35,042.
- Is Ayden a unisex name?
- No. Ayden is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ayden most popular?
- 2012, when 6,985 children were given the name. It has been in use for 37 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Ayden spelled?
- Aydan, Aedan, Aeden, Aydenn, Aideen, Adean, Aidean, Aydann, Adeen, Aidann, Eydeen. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.