# Caiden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caiden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,862 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,341 / 521 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,226, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Caden.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30 | 4,765 |
| 2011 | 23 | 5,769 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,583 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,347 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,503 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,345 |
| 2016 | 23 | 5,653 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,524 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,839 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,238 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,062 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,314 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,740 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,390 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15,718 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,228 | 287 |
| 2012 | 1,195 | 295 |
| 2013 | 1,301 | 271 |
| 2014 | 1,354 | 272 |
| 2015 | 1,295 | 284 |
| 2016 | 1,133 | 312 |
| 2017 | 1,049 | 325 |
| 2018 | 948 | 348 |
| 2019 | 931 | 354 |
| 2020 | 801 | 383 |
| 2021 | 735 | 420 |
| 2022 | 713 | 435 |
| 2023 | 608 | 496 |
| 2024 | 544 | 545 |
| 2025 | 475 | 602 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 194 | 248 |
| 2012 | 169 | 277 |
| 2013 | 147 | 302 |
| 2014 | 149 | 308 |
| 2015 | 137 | 339 |
| 2016 | 95 | 439 |
| 2017 | 78 | 508 |
| 2018 | 85 | 475 |
| 2019 | 79 | 493 |
| 2020 | 67 | 551 |
| 2021 | 38 | 825 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 43 | 785 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.