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Kaiden

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAY-den
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#360 for boys
US rank, 2025
#237 for boys

Kaiden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 360th for boys in the UK (131 babies) and 237th for boys in the US (1,476 babies).

What does Kaiden mean?

Modern: spelling of Caden

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

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kaiden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 131 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 1,476 boys in the US.

How popular is Kaiden in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#360among boys
Babies in 2025
131about 1 in 2,300 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 48% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 131 boys in the UK were named Kaiden, making it the 360th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 227th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 632 boys.

Half of all the boys named Kaiden in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Kaiden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #360 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 396th in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 199th in Northern Ireland.

1997Busiest: 632 in 20132025
Kaiden in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025131#360
2024129#372
2023153#320
2022194#269
2021213#258
2020249#227
2019246#239
2018294#203
2017303#201
2016345#185
2015424#157
2014519#134
2013632#110
2012580#126
2011621#117
2010477#141
2009383#161
2008380#164
2007257#204
2006217#217
2005152#253
200471#429
200343#593
200229#733
200121#871
200013#1,165
199910#1,352
19984#2,531
19978#1,532

How popular is Kaiden in the US?

Rank in 2025
#237among boys
Babies in 2025
1,476about 1 in 1,200 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
1.2%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,476 boys in the US were named Kaiden, making it the 237th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 139th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 3,269 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992. 12 girls were also named Kaiden in 2025 (8,360th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaiden than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Kaiden in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 8,774 boys in the US were given Kaiden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #237 for this spelling alone.

1992Busiest: 3,269 in 20142025
Kaiden in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,476#237
20241,716#208
20232,135#170
20222,238#167
20212,372#163
20202,624#139
20192,654#144
20182,866#137
20172,815#141
20162,901#144
20153,031#140
20143,269#124
20133,113#122
20122,674#154
20112,408#161
20102,356#166
20092,305#169
20082,109#190
20071,747#220
20061,410#242
20051,315#250
20041,007#312
2003711#367
2002428#526
2001285#654
2000192#833
1999133#1,037
199875#1,472
199757#1,703
199647#1,904
199535#2,248
199426#2,761
199320#3,240
199212#4,556

Names like Kaiden

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

Other spellings of Kaiden

Names related to Kaiden

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