FastNamesJayden
Hebrew and English name meaning "Modern invented name combining Jay with the popular -den suffix, also matching biblical Hebrew Jadon (יָדוֹן, meaning 'thankful' or 'he will judge').". Ranked 70th for boys in 2025.
Meaning and origin of Jayden
Modern invented name combining Jay with the popular -den suffix, also matching biblical Hebrew Jadon (יָדוֹן, meaning 'thankful' or 'he will judge').
Linguistically, Jayden is classified under Hebrew and English naming traditions. It is typically pronounced "JAY-duhn".
Popularity and ranking
In official US Social Security birth records from 1880 through 2025, Jayden has been given to a total of 253,989 boys. It has also been given to 22,071 girls.
Peak year: Jayden reached its highest relative share among boys in 2010, when 17,203 babies received the name (8,966 per million births).
All-time best rank: 4th place, first achieved in 2010.
Recent standing (2025): Ranked 70th with 4,653 births. Ten years earlier in 2015, it ranked 20th (down 50 spots).
Busiest decade: More boys were named Jayden in the 2010s than in any other decade (126,104 births).
| Decade | Recorded births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 |
| 1980s | 89 |
| 1990s | 3,119 |
| 2000s | 88,603 |
| 2010s | 126,104 |
| 2020s | 36,062 |
Source: Social Security Administration, national baby name data, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.
Where Jayden is most common in the US
Accounting for when Jayden was in fashion nationally, it has been most heavily concentrated in the following states (measured against the expected rate from each state's births):
- Rhode Island: 1.7 times the national rate (1,029 births since 1910).
- Hawaii: 1.5 times the national rate (1,005 births since 1910).
- Delaware: 1.5 times the national rate (798 births since 1910).
- New York: 1.3 times the national rate (20,373 births since 1910).
- Florida: 1.3 times the national rate (18,981 births since 1910).
Source: Social Security Administration, baby names by state, data through 2025. Names given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a state in a year aren't published, so totals are a little lower than actual births.
How many people have the name Jayden?
About 251,000 living American boys and men share the name Jayden. Additionally, an estimated 22,000 living American girls and women share the name.
The median age of an American named Jayden is 14 years old.
Estimated from Social Security Administration records (1880–2025) and official SSA cohort mortality tables.
History of the name Jayden
Jayden has dual onomastic roots. In biblical Hebrew, Jadon (Yadon) appears in Nehemiah 3:7 as a Meronothite who assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile, derived from the Semitic root din ('to judge') or yadah ('to praise', 'thankful'). In modern English naming practice, Jayden arose independently as an innovative rhyming variation of Hayden, Braden, and Aidan, pairing the initial Jay with the contemporary -den suffix.
While used sparingly throughout the mid-twentieth century, Jayden gained immense cultural velocity in the late 1990s and early 2000s, popularized by high-profile celebrity parents (including Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith naming their son Jaden in 1998) and widely embraced across diverse communities for its sleek, modern phonetics.
In United States birth charts, Jayden represents one of the fastest and most impactful naming explosions in modern demographic history. After entering the top one hundred in 2003, Jayden surged into the national top ten for boys in 2008 and remained there through 2013, peaking at rank 4 nationwide in 2010 and 2011 with over 17,000 newborn boys per year, while also enjoying popularity as a feminine choice.
Notable people named Jayden
- Jayden Daniels (2000–), American NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner
- Jayden Bogle (2000–), English professional footballer
- Jayden Reed (2000–), American NFL wide receiver
- Jayden Bartels (2004–), American social media personality, singer, and actress
Variants and related names
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Sources and references
- Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names (2006), p. 139.
- Laura Wattenberg. The Baby Name Wizard (2013), p. 155.