Haydon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAY-den
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Haydon is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “hay hill, or hay valley”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Haydon mean?
English: spelling of Hayden; English surname from a place name
“hay hill, or hay valley”
Taken from an English surname based on places called Haydon or Heydon.
Meaning borrowed from Hayden. More on Wiktionary.
Is Haydon a girl's or a boy's name?
Haydon 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 Haydon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Haydon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Haydon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,245 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,032 |
| 2008 | 32 | #933 |
| 2007 | 47 | #676 |
| 2006 | 44 | #690 |
| 2005 | 39 | #730 |
| 2004 | 36 | #724 |
| 2003 | 31 | #754 |
| 2002 | 40 | #575 |
| 2001 | 35 | #603 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 32 | #623 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 24 | #741 |
| 1996 | 28 | #629 |
How popular is Haydon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Haydon, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the boys named Haydon in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,530 boys in the US were given Haydon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #160, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
In 2016, 22% of the babies named Haydon in the US were girls.
Haydon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 25 | #4,097 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 76 | #1,888 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2007 | 94 | #1,638 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,101 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 41 | #2,424 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 31 | #2,718 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
Names like Haydon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiden, Kayden, Finn, Declan, Kian, Ronan, Deacon, Brody, Caelan, Keegan, Dylan, Brayden
Other spellings of Haydon
Hayden, Haiden, Haden, Haidyn, Heyden, Haydn, Heiden, Haydin
Names related to Haydon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Haydon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haydon, updated 20 October 2026.