Paden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- PAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Paden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
Where does Paden come from?
Modern: modern coinage rhyming with Braden and Caden; also an English surname
Is Paden a girl's or a boy's name?
Paden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Paden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Paden, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 1987, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Paden in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 18% of the babies named Paden in the US were girls.
Paden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 53 | #2,374 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 60 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 52 | #1,701 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 52 | #1,609 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 59 | #1,420 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,246 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,087 |
| 1986 | 43 | #1,534 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
Names like Paden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jayden Kayden Jaylen Brayden Aiden Hayden Braylen Camden Holden Kylan Logan Kyler
Names related to Paden
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Paden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paden, updated 20 October 2026.