# Jadon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jadon/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “jadon” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Jaydon, Jaydan, Jaidan, Jaidon |
| US babies named this | 10,779 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,606 / 173 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 664, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew יָדוֹן (yadón, “Jadon”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 11,614 |
| 1999 | 16 | 6,298 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,307 |
| 2001 | 23 | 5,075 |
| 2002 | 12 | 8,496 |
| 2003 | 24 | 5,149 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,202 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,531 |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,916 |
| 2007 | 18 | 7,208 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,196 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,853 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,648 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 389 | 616 |
| 2012 | 319 | 730 |
| 2013 | 252 | 847 |
| 2014 | 260 | 854 |
| 2015 | 235 | 915 |
| 2016 | 189 | 1,047 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,167 |
| 2018 | 133 | 1,349 |
| 2019 | 113 | 1,512 |
| 2020 | 119 | 1,457 |
| 2021 | 140 | 1,327 |
| 2022 | 125 | 1,451 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,276 |
| 2024 | 135 | 1,390 |
| 2025 | 153 | 1,282 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 1,024 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 37 | 841 |
| 2022 | 31 | 967 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 35 | 898 |
| 2025 | 46 | 745 |

## People named Jadon

- Jadon Sancho, English association football player (born 2000)

## 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.