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Hayden

Gender
Boy
Say it
HAY-den
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#303 for boys
US rank, 2025
#161 for boys

Hayden is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hay hill, or hay valley”. In 2025 it ranked 303rd for boys in the UK (167 babies) and 161st for boys in the US (2,268 babies).

What does Hayden mean?

English: English surname from a place name

“hay hill, or hay valley”

Taken from an English surname based on places called Haydon or Heydon.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Hayden a girl's or a boy's name?

Hayden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 167 boys in the UK and 707 girls and 2,268 boys in the US.

How popular is Hayden in the UK?

Rank in 2025
303rd among boys
Babies in 2025
167 about 1 in 1,800 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 167 boys in the UK were named Hayden, making it the 303rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 271st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 1,099 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Hayden since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Hayden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 181 boys in the UK were given Hayden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #295, up from #303 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 314th in England and Wales, 208th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 1,099 in 20082025
Hayden in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025167#303
2024190#274
2023206#254
2022202#261
2021206#265
2020191#271
2019237#244
2018281#215
2017316#195
2016326#194
2015412#161
2014400#161
2013495#136
2012676#107
2011807#93
2010883#86
2009937#81
20081,099#72
2007957#83
2006836#92
2005623#107
2004492#128
2003465#124
2002452#122
2001337#140
2000309#140
1999320#139
1998319#141
1997410#121
1996350#131

How popular is Hayden in the US?

Rank in 2025
161st among boys
Babies in 2025
2,268 about 1 in 750 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 7% in five years
Same name in a class
1.8% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 2,268 boys in the US were named Hayden, making it the 161st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 177th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6,470 boys. 707 girls were also named Hayden in 2025 (437th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Hayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,530 boys in the US were given Hayden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #161 for this spelling alone.

Girls were 13% of the babies named Hayden in the US in 1969, and 24% in 2025.

1880Busiest: 6,470 in 20062025
Hayden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20252,268#161
20242,341#154
20232,233#162
20222,303#162
20212,210#175
20202,157#177
20192,070#190
20182,183#180
20172,300#172
20162,394#168
20152,750#150
20142,891#140
20132,971#129
20123,547#109
20114,603#90
20104,196#96
20094,868#91
20085,949#76
20076,278#71
20066,470#73
20055,916#76
20045,019#87
20035,101#84
20024,142#96
20013,262#117
20003,044#129
19992,414#150
19982,143#160
19972,069#167
19962,015#168
19951,895#172
19941,792#176
19931,326#224
19921,159#249
1991926#282
1990611#379
1989239#645
1988115#889
1987125#833
198689#970
198580#1,019
198470#1,068
198363#1,130
198278#1,023
198167#1,111
198080#1,010
197963#1,128
197855#1,203
197748#1,289
197649#1,238
197540#1,378
197436#1,439
197342#1,268
197229#1,603
197139#1,352
197045#1,238
196941#1,231
196832#1,366
196729#1,410
196624#1,579
196531#1,385
196437#1,287
196328#1,484
196238#1,258
196130#1,466
196035#1,340
195945#1,155
195830#1,419
195725#1,582
195637#1,256
195524#1,571
195436#1,241
195332#1,330
195228#1,429
195137#1,194
195045#1,051
194935#1,204
194841#1,106
194755#955
194644#1,031
194538#1,038
194447#935
194349#956
194247#970
194142#987
194037#1,067
193929#1,219
193837#1,062
193736#1,074
193644#924
193552#872
193448#909
193341#995
193243#1,004
193138#1,102
193050#958
192950#952
192856#891
192754#937
192658#875
192562#843
192460#897
192376#750
192270#801
192170#814
192064#846
191966#799
191865#809
191769#749
191661#790
191567#725
191446#777
191339#745
191243#635
191119#732
191012#927
190914#756
19089#946
19079#929
190611#752
190510#786
19049#810
19037#910
19025#1,136
19017#857
190010#835
18999#714
189811#662
18978#786
18968#825
18957#871
18940–
18935#1,034
18928#791
18919#635
18908#739
18896#878
18886#917
18870–
18860–
18856#835
18840–
18830–
18825#942
18810–
18805#909

Names like Hayden

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aiden, Kayden, Dylan, Owen, Logan, Kian, Riley, Jayden, Ethan, Ryan, Brody, Declan

Other spellings of Hayden

Haiden, Haydn, Haden, Haidyn, Heyden, Haydon, Heiden, Haydin

Names related to Hayden

Hadyn, Haydan, Haydyn, Hadden

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Hayden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hayden, updated 20 October 2026.