How popular is the name Kayden?

Kayden ranks 285th among boys' names in US records, with 122,022 births since 1989. Over the past decade it accounts for 50,843.

Is Kayden a unisex name?

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

2014, when 6,846 children were given the name. It has been in use for 36 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Cayden, Kaydenn, Kadeen, Caydenn, Quayden. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#285 of boy names

Pronounced K EY1 D EH1 N (ARPABET)

Kayden is a boys' name, and first appears in 1989. It has been given to 122,022 children — the 285th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2014, when 6,846 children were given it.

Five other spellings are counted in that total — Cayden, Kaydenn, Kadeen and two more — because they are pronounced identically.

2014Boys: 6,846Girls: 462

These spellings sound identical to Kayden 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 Kayden?: Kayden ranks 285th among boys' names in US records, with 122,022 births since 1989. Over the past decade it accounts for 50,843.
Is Kayden a unisex name?: No. Kayden is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kayden most popular?: 2014, when 6,846 children were given the name. It has been in use for 36 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Kayden spelled?: Cayden, Kaydenn, Kadeen, Caydenn, Quayden. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.