boy's name
Jayden
JAY-den
- Origin Modern coinage
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 100 (US)
- Births on record 340,137
the United States
#70
2025 births
Jayden is a boy's name of modern American coinage, formed on the pattern of Aiden. Some sources connect it to the Hebrew Jadon, meaning "he will judge," but the timing and the pattern indicate a rhyme formation rather than a derivation.
- Jayden is a name of Modern coinage origin.
- Peaked in 2009, when 19,083 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 703 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1977.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Jayden over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 |
| 1980s | 97 |
| 1990s | 4,238 |
| 2000s | 102,643 |
| 2010s | 132,331 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 36,739 |
What Jayden means
Jayden has no established meaning of its own. Sources offering "thankful" or "he will judge" are assigning it the sense of the Hebrew Jadon, a name it resembles but was almost certainly not formed from.
Where Jayden comes from
Jayden belongs to the -aden family, the clearest documented case of a name ending becoming productive in modern American naming. Aiden, from the Irish Aodhán meaning little fire, rose sharply through the 1990s, after which Jayden, Brayden, Kayden, Zayden and Rayden followed by substituting the first consonant. A minor biblical figure named Jadon appears in Nehemiah, from a Hebrew root meaning to judge, and reference sites frequently attach that meaning to Jayden — but Jadon was never in common use, and Jayden's rise tracks Aiden's precisely. United States birth records show it appearing in the mid-1990s and reaching the top ten within a decade.
Jayden in use
Jayden's rise tracks Aiden's almost exactly, which is the clearest evidence it was formed by rhyme rather than descent.
How popular is Jayden?
In 2025, Jayden was given to 4,718 babies in the United States, ranking #70 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Where Jayden 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 Jayden is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Jaÿden | Jaÿden is a variant spelling of Jayden, recorded in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Jayden
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jayden also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jayden over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Jayden
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Jayden 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.
Sibling names for Jayden
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jayden — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jayden
What does the name Jayden mean?
It has no established meaning — Jayden was formed on the Aiden pattern rather than derived from a root word.
Is Jayden a biblical name?
A figure named Jadon appears in Nehemiah, and sources often borrow that meaning, but Jayden is almost certainly a modern rhyme formation.
Where does the -ayden ending come from?
From Aiden, an Irish name meaning little fire.
How popular is the name Jayden?
In 2025, Jayden was given to 4,718 babies in the United States, ranking #70 that year. It is one of the most popular names in the United States.
Is Jayden a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayden is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Jayden?
Jayden has 2 syllables.
When was Jayden most popular?
Jayden peaked in 2009, when 19,083 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Jayden?
Jayden is usually shortened to Jay.
Is Jayden a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jayden currently ranks #43 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.