unisex name
Jaiden
JAY-den
- Origin American
- Gender Unisex
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 48,150
the United States
#618
2025 births
Jaiden belongs to the -aiden rhyming family invented in America in the 1990s, and the Hebrew meanings offered for it are attached to a coinage — thankful one and God will judge cannot both be right.
- Jaiden is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2008, when 2,930 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 7,024 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1991.
Jaiden over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,066 |
| 2000s | 19,767 |
| 2010s | 16,795 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 3,946 |
What Jaiden means
Jaiden has no established meaning. It is a modern American coinage assembled on a rhyme pattern, so the readings offered for it were supplied after the name existed.
Where Jaiden comes from
Jaiden is one of the -aiden family — Aiden, Jayden, Brayden, Kayden, Caden — which expanded rapidly in the United States from the 1990s. Only Aiden and Hayden have genuine older roots; the rest were formed by rhyme. The Hebrew glosses circulating for it, thankful one and God will judge, come from Judah and Dan respectively and are incompatible, which is itself the evidence that neither is real. Kaiden and Cayden, elsewhere on this site, are the same construction.
Jaiden in use
Jaiden peaked in the United States in 2008, when 2,930 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 618th in the United States on 472 births, 799th in England and Wales on 41 and 1506th in France on 20, across 48,150 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. About 18 percent of recorded births are female, and our records begin in 1991.
How popular is Jaiden?
In 2025, Jaiden was given to 472 babies in the United States, ranking #618 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Jaiden is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Jaiden is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Jaïden | Jaïden is Jaiden written with a diaeresis in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,506 in France, against #5,289 for Jaiden. | 140 |
Names that peaked alongside Jaiden
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jaiden also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jaiden over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Jaiden in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Dutch
- Jayden
Sibling names for Jaiden
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jaiden — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jaiden
What does the name Jaiden mean?
Nothing established. It is a 1990s American coinage built on a rhyme pattern.
Is Jaiden Hebrew?
No. The glosses offered come from Judah and Dan and contradict each other.
Which -aiden names are real?
Aiden and Hayden have older roots. The rest were formed by rhyme.
How popular is Jaiden?
618th in the United States, down from a 2008 peak of 2,930 births.
Is Jaiden a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaiden is used for both girls and boys. About 19% of recorded births with this name are girls.
Is Jaiden a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jaiden currently ranks #618 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.