Carden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-din
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Carden is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Carden come from?
English: English and Scottish surname from a place name
Is Carden a girl's or a boy's name?
Carden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Carden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Carden, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer boys named Carden than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Carden in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Carden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Cannon Deacon Brayden Aiden Raiden Callan Braylen Finnegan Camden Declan Boden
Names related to Carden
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Carden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carden, updated 20 October 2026.