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Kaidan

Boy · KAY-den · Modern

Kaidan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).

What does Kaidan mean?

Modern: spelling of Kaiden, itself a spelling of Caden

Modern spelling of Caden, part of the wave of rhyming -aden names alongside Aidan, Brayden and Jayden.

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KAY-den

Meaning borrowed from Kaiden. More on Wiktionary.

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

Kaidan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kaidan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 64% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kaidan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 33 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kaidan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Kaidan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 33 in 20112025
Kaidan in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20244#4,346
20233#5,193
20226#3,219
20218#2,619
20209#2,359
20198#2,633
201811#2,088
201711#2,174
201618#1,512
201516#1,612
201416#1,573
201318#1,445
201225#1,166
201133#952
201032#969
200925#1,115
200832#933
200720#1,257
200616#1,369
200511#1,701
200410#1,688
20036#2,283
20020–
20010–
20003#3,146
19993#3,043

How popular is Kaidan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,859among boys
Babies in 2025
15about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 43% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kaidan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 77 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaidan than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Kaidan in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 77 in 20102025
Kaidan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202515#5,859
202419#5,063
202320#4,882
202244#2,871
202132#3,494
202025#4,017
201935#3,256
201834#3,298
201744#2,754
201654#2,387
201560#2,234
201477#1,883
201375#1,877
201260#2,184
201176#1,848
201077#1,867
200968#2,034
200845#2,716
200756#2,304
200655#2,284
200556#2,159
200443#2,527
200326#3,438
200217#4,496
200112#5,660
20009#6,832

Names like Kaidan

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

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