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Raidon

Boy · RY-den · Japanese

Raidon is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “thunder and lightning”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Raidon mean?

Japanese: spelling of Raiden

“thunder and lightning”

From Japanese rai, thunder, and den, lightning; Raiden Tameemon was a legendary sumo wrestler of the Edo period.

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RY-den

Meaning borrowed from Raiden. More on Wiktionary.

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

Raidon is a boys' name.

How popular is Raidon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.

Half of all the boys named Raidon in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

2000Busiest: 14 in 20072023
Raidon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20235#12,232
20226#10,855
20218#8,820
20200–
20196#10,797
20189#8,150
20170–
20166#10,739
20157#9,562
20148#8,775
20139#8,113
201212#6,620
20119#8,072
201011#7,081
20097#9,859
200812#6,758
200714#5,898
20069#7,992
20059#7,633
200411#6,514
20035#10,886
20020–
20010–
20005#10,341

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