boy's name
Kaiden
KAY-den
- Origin American
- Gender Boy
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 65,855
the United States
#237
2025 births
Kaiden has no etymology, because it was invented — it is one of the -aiden rhyming names built in America in the 1990s, and the Arabic and Japanese origins asserted for it online are attached to a coinage rather than found in a source.
- Kaiden is a name of American origin.
- Peaked in 2014, when 3,352 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,228 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1992.
Kaiden 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.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 430 |
| 2000s | 12,249 |
| 2010s | 28,786 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 12,691 |
What Kaiden means
Kaiden has no established meaning. It is a modern American coinage assembled on a rhyme pattern, so any origin offered for it was supplied after the name already existed.
Where Kaiden comes from
Kaiden is a respelling of Caden or Kaden, and none of those has a documented source. All belong to the -aiden family that expanded rapidly in the United States from the 1990s — Aiden, Jayden, Brayden, Hayden, Kayden — where only Aiden and Hayden have genuine older roots and the rest were formed by rhyme. Sites variously assign it Arabic and Japanese origins; the Japanese kaidan means a ghost story, which is not a naming tradition it belongs to. A name can be popular and still have no history.
Kaiden in use
Kaiden peaked in the United States in 2014, when 3,352 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in all seven markets we track — 204th in Scotland on 21 births, 237th in the United States on 1,488, 248th in Ireland on 19, 259th in Canada, 359th in Northern Ireland, 397th in England and Wales on 103 and 926th in France on 50 — across 65,855 lifetime births. Our records begin in 1992, so the whole of its history is recent.
How popular is Kaiden?
In 2025, Kaiden was given to 1,488 babies in the United States, ranking #237 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kaiden 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 Kaiden is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Kaïden | Kaïden is Kaiden written with a diaeresis in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #926 in France, against #2,809 for Kaiden. | 365 |
Names that peaked alongside Kaiden
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kaiden also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kaiden over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Kaiden 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.
- Arabic
- Caden
Sibling names for Kaiden
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kaiden — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kaiden
What does the name Kaiden mean?
Nothing established. It is a 1990s American coinage built on a rhyme pattern.
Is Kaiden Arabic or Japanese?
Neither is documented. The Japanese kaidan means a ghost story and is not a naming tradition it comes from.
Which -aiden names are real?
Aiden and Hayden have older roots. Jayden, Brayden, Kayden and Caden were formed by rhyme.
How popular is Kaiden?
It charts in all six markets we track, and 237th in the United States.
Is Kaiden a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaiden is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
Is Kaiden a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kaiden currently ranks #204 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.