# Hayden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hayden/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Dutch |
| Meaning | “hay”, “valley”, “heathen” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪdn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 147,508 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 114,084 / 33,424 (23% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,054, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).

## 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 | 1,692 | 187 |
| 2012 | 1,614 | 197 |
| 2013 | 1,685 | 193 |
| 2014 | 1,668 | 201 |
| 2015 | 1,711 | 191 |
| 2016 | 1,577 | 206 |
| 2017 | 1,359 | 232 |
| 2018 | 1,250 | 262 |
| 2019 | 1,139 | 294 |
| 2020 | 1,086 | 298 |
| 2021 | 1,101 | 290 |
| 2022 | 937 | 344 |
| 2023 | 834 | 368 |
| 2024 | 789 | 402 |
| 2025 | 707 | 437 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4,603 | 90 |
| 2012 | 3,547 | 109 |
| 2013 | 2,971 | 129 |
| 2014 | 2,891 | 140 |
| 2015 | 2,750 | 150 |
| 2016 | 2,394 | 168 |
| 2017 | 2,300 | 172 |
| 2018 | 2,183 | 180 |
| 2019 | 2,070 | 190 |
| 2020 | 2,157 | 177 |
| 2021 | 2,210 | 175 |
| 2022 | 2,303 | 162 |
| 2023 | 2,233 | 162 |
| 2024 | 2,341 | 154 |
| 2025 | 2,268 | 161 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 25 | 1,257 |
| 2011 | 12 | 2,150 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,966 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 747 | 86 |
| 2012 | 619 | 102 |
| 2013 | 463 | 129 |
| 2014 | 360 | 159 |
| 2015 | 368 | 158 |
| 2016 | 287 | 195 |
| 2017 | 285 | 190 |
| 2018 | 246 | 213 |
| 2019 | 207 | 242 |
| 2020 | 159 | 288 |
| 2021 | 172 | 266 |
| 2022 | 168 | 274 |
| 2023 | 180 | 257 |
| 2024 | 162 | 279 |
| 2025 | 141 | 314 |

## People named Hayden

- Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor (born 1981)
- Hayden Foxe, Australian association football player
- Hayden White, American historian (1928–2018)
- Hayden Stoeckel, Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Hayden Rorke, American actor (1910–1987)
- Hayden Byerly, American actor
- Hayden Mullins, English association football manager and former player
- Hayden Stevenson, actor (1877-1952)
- Hayden Thompson, American musician
- Hayden Hackney, English footballer
- Hayden Szeto, Canadian actor
- Hayden McCormick, cyclist

## 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.