Nayden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Nayden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Nayden mean?
Modern: rhyme of Jayden; also a Bulgarian name
Usually a rhyme of Jayden and Aiden, though Nayden is also a traditional Bulgarian name meaning 'found'.
Is Nayden a girl's or a boy's name?
Nayden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nayden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Nayden, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Nayden in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nayden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Nayden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brecken, Rayden, Braylen, Raiden, Brayden, Aiden, Finnegan, Declan, Finn, Ronan, Kyden
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Nayden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nayden, updated 20 October 2026.