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Kaeden

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAY-den
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,676 for boys

Kaeden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,676th for boys in the US (48 babies).

What does Kaeden mean?

Modern: spelling of Caden, rhyming with Aidan and Hayden

One of many spellings of Caden, an American coinage that spread alongside Aidan, Brayden and Jayden.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kaeden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 48 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kaeden in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 60% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Kaeden, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 29 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kaeden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Kaeden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

2002Busiest: 29 in 20112025
Kaeden in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20240–
20237#2,965
20228#2,678
20218#2,619
20206#3,108
20199#2,399
201815#1,715
201718#1,490
201610#2,287
201510#2,260
201420#1,357
201316#1,560
201226#1,128
201129#1,031
201023#1,206
200920#1,290
200813#1,696
200723#1,139
200618#1,256
20058#2,090
20044#3,147
20035#2,574
20023#3,325

How popular is Kaeden in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,676among boys
Babies in 2025
48about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 49% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 48 boys in the US were named Kaeden, making it the 2,676th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,451st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 362 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaeden than any year since 2000.

Half of all the boys named Kaeden in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,774 boys in the US were given Kaeden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #2,676 for this spelling alone.

1994Busiest: 362 in 20082025
Kaeden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202548#2,676
202468#2,156
202398#1,711
2022102#1,678
2021112#1,554
2020119#1,451
2019136#1,336
2018162#1,176
2017182#1,078
2016185#1,065
2015213#972
2014240#897
2013222#922
2012282#799
2011297#760
2010334#698
2009332#715
2008362#668
2007332#703
2006280#756
2005224#831
2004211#841
2003186#899
2002148#1,032
200178#1,539
200048#2,083
199935#2,506
199821#3,482
199713#4,663
19968#6,489
199514#4,274
19948#6,366

Nicknames for Kaeden

Names like Kaeden

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

Other spellings of Kaeden

Names related to Kaeden

More Modern names

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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, “Kaeden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaeden, updated 20 October 2026.