Shaden
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SHAH-den
- Origin
- Arabic
Shaden is a name of Arabic origin, meaning “young gazelle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shaden mean?
Arabic: from shadin 'young gazelle'
“young gazelle”
From Arabic shadin, a young gazelle that has grown strong enough to stand apart from its mother.
Is Shaden a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Shaden has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Shaden in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Shaden in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2003, 52% of the babies named Shaden in the US were girls. By 2008 it was 47%, with more boys than girls since 2006.
Shaden in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names related to Shaden
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Shaden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaden, updated 20 October 2026.