How popular is the name Kaiden?

Kaiden ranks 379th among boys' names in US records, with 76,089 births since 1990. Over the past decade it accounts for 34,111.

Is Kaiden a unisex name?

No. Kaiden is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2014, when 4,622 children were given the name. It has been in use for 35 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Caiden, Kaidenn, Caidenn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#379 of boy names

Pronounced K AY1 D EH1 N (ARPABET)

Kaiden is a boys' name, and first appears in 1990. It has been given to 76,089 children — the 379th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 4,622 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Caiden, Kaidenn and Caidenn — because they are pronounced identically.

2014Boys: 4,622Girls: 102

These spellings sound identical to Kaiden and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kaiden?: Kaiden ranks 379th among boys' names in US records, with 76,089 births since 1990. Over the past decade it accounts for 34,111.
Is Kaiden a unisex name?: No. Kaiden is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kaiden most popular?: 2014, when 4,622 children were given the name. It has been in use for 35 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kaiden spelled?: Caiden, Kaidenn, Caidenn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.