# Cayden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cayden/  
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 | 43,123 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41,245 / 1,878 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,098, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 113 | 1,793 |
| 2012 | 106 | 1,889 |
| 2013 | 86 | 2,174 |
| 2014 | 68 | 2,591 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,097 |
| 2016 | 49 | 3,295 |
| 2017 | 41 | 3,711 |
| 2018 | 44 | 3,517 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,473 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,192 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,988 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,227 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,146 |
| 2024 | 23 | 5,482 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,567 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,576 | 150 |
| 2012 | 2,378 | 164 |
| 2013 | 2,389 | 172 |
| 2014 | 2,050 | 198 |
| 2015 | 1,869 | 213 |
| 2016 | 1,560 | 243 |
| 2017 | 1,534 | 241 |
| 2018 | 1,463 | 251 |
| 2019 | 1,367 | 264 |
| 2020 | 1,287 | 267 |
| 2021 | 1,178 | 289 |
| 2022 | 1,164 | 295 |
| 2023 | 1,027 | 327 |
| 2024 | 968 | 349 |
| 2025 | 774 | 414 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 206 | 235 |
| 2012 | 177 | 267 |
| 2013 | 106 | 382 |
| 2014 | 83 | 475 |
| 2015 | 87 | 465 |
| 2016 | 86 | 470 |
| 2017 | 87 | 469 |
| 2018 | 75 | 520 |
| 2019 | 52 | 663 |
| 2020 | 50 | 679 |
| 2021 | 48 | 719 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 55 | 674 |
| 2025 | 39 | 822 |

## People named Cayden

- Cayden Boyd, American actor

## 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.