Drayden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DRAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Drayden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
Where does Drayden come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps blending Dryden with names like Jayden
Is Drayden a girl's or a boy's name?
Drayden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Drayden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Drayden, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,212th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 168 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had fewer boys named Drayden than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Drayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Drayden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #2,832 for this spelling alone.
Drayden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 68 | #2,128 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 66 | #2,156 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,212 |
| 2019 | 86 | #1,790 |
| 2018 | 124 | #1,408 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 84 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 108 | #1,523 |
| 2014 | 90 | #1,691 |
| 2013 | 136 | #1,277 |
| 2012 | 168 | #1,106 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,183 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,250 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,148 |
| 2008 | 164 | #1,115 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
Nicknames for Drayden
Names like Drayden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brayden Declan Aiden Brecken Braylen Rayden Deacon Raiden Finnegan Finn Ronan
Other spellings of Drayden
Names related to Drayden
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Drayden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drayden, updated 20 October 2026.