Kaydon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-don
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Kaydon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Kaydon mean?
Modern: variant of Kayden
Variant of Kayden, itself a modern spelling of Caden.
Is Kaydon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaydon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaydon 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 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Kaydon, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 47 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Kaydon since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Kaydon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 632 boys in the UK were given Kaydon 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.
Kaydon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 44 | #793 |
| 2010 | 47 | #727 |
| 2009 | 42 | #771 |
| 2008 | 38 | #824 |
| 2007 | 31 | #920 |
| 2006 | 35 | #798 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
How popular is Kaydon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,313th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Kaydon, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,073rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 98 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Kaydon in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,774 boys in the US were given Kaydon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #20, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Kaydon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,073 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,055 |
| 2014 | 98 | #1,597 |
| 2013 | 92 | #1,646 |
| 2012 | 90 | #1,686 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 38 | #2,799 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
Names like Kaydon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Aiden, Kian, Keegan, Brody, Ronan, Declan, Conan, Brayden, Caelan, Keelan, Kody
Other spellings of Kaydon
Kayden, Kaiden, Caden, Caiden, Cayden, Kaden, Cadan, Cadain, Kaeden, Caeden, Kaidan, Keyden, Kaidyn, Kadyn
Names related to Kaydon
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kehlani, Alayna, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Kaydon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaydon, updated 20 October 2026.