Xaden
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAY-den
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,418 for boys
Xaden is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,418th for boys in the US (128 babies).
What does Xaden mean?
Modern: respelling of Jaden or Zaden with an initial X
Xaden Riorson is the brooding dragon rider in Rebecca Yarros's 2023 fantasy novel Fourth Wing.
Is Xaden a girl's or a boy's name?
Xaden is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 128 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xaden in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,418th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 128 about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 457% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 128 boys in the US were named Xaden, making it the 1,418th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Xaden of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Xaden in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,770 boys in the US were given Xaden or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #146, up from #1,418 for this spelling alone.
Xaden in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,418 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
Names like Xaden
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Braylen, Rayden, Raiden, Brecken, Kyaire, Aiden, Brayden, Finnegan, Boden, Deacon, Ronan
Other spellings of Xaden
Zayden, Zaiden, Xaiden, Zaidyn, Xayden, Zaydan, Zaden, Zaedyn, Zaydin, Zaeden, Zaydon
Names related to Xaden
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, 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, “Xaden: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xaden, updated 20 October 2026.