Kaydan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Kaydan is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Kaydan mean?
Modern: spelling of Kayden, itself a spelling of Caden
Modern spelling of Caden, one of the rhyming -aden names alongside Aidan, Brayden and Jayden.
Meaning borrowed from Kayden. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kaydan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaydan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaydan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kaydan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 28 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kaydan than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Kaydan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Kaydan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,178 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,066 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,294 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Kaydan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Kaydan, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 50 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Kaydan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 31% of the babies named Kaydan in the US in 2005, and 18% in 2016.
Kaydan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2011 | 50 | #2,477 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
Names like Kaydan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Ronan, Kian, Keegan, Aiden, Brody, Conan, Declan, Lochlan, Caelan, Keelan, Rowan
Names related to Kaydan
Kayden, Kaydon, Kaidan, Kadyn, Kaydn, Caydan, Kadan, Kaydin, Khayden, Kaydyn, Kaydenn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kaydan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaydan, updated 20 October 2026.