Kayden: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “modern rhyming name, influenced by Caden”
- Origin
- American (modern coinage)
- Say it
- KAY-dən · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (90% of all uses)
Modern coinage popularized in English-speaking naming. Often treated as a variant of Caden/Kaden, but its exact etymological status is modern and not historically fixed.
How popular is Kayden?
Babies named Kayden in 20242,944
2024 rank#125 boys
Peak year2014
Total US babies since 188078,924
Kayden has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.
Names like Kayden
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Kaidenmodern variant of Caden · American (modern coinage)
- Cadenmodern name, possibly from Cadan or Cade · American (modern coinage)
- Kadenmodern variant of Caden · American (modern coinage)
- Caydenmodern form of Caden · American (modern coinage)
- Caidenson of Caden; uncertain base meaning · Irish
- Jaydenmodern blend of Jay and Aidan · American (modern coinage)
- Jaycemodern form of Jace · American (modern coinage)
- Jaxsonson of Jack · American (modern coinage)
Kayden questions
What does the name Kayden mean?
Kayden means "modern rhyming name, influenced by Caden". It comes from American (modern coinage). Modern coinage popularized in English-speaking naming. Often treated as a variant of Caden/Kaden, but its exact etymological status is modern and not historically fixed.
Is Kayden a boy or girl name?
Kayden is mainly a boy's name in US records (90% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Kayden?
2,944 US babies were named Kayden in 2024. Its peak year was 2014.
How do you pronounce Kayden?
Kayden is usually pronounced KAY-dən.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.