# Raiden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raiden/  
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 | 13,141 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 12,681 / 460 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 501, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possible a modern variant of Rayden, or a coinage rhyming with Braiden, Jaiden, etc.

## 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 | 15 | 8,113 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,521 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,958 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,930 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,266 |
| 2016 | 42 | 3,694 |
| 2017 | 26 | 5,151 |
| 2018 | 29 | 4,748 |
| 2019 | 33 | 4,323 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,895 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,528 |
| 2022 | 34 | 4,273 |
| 2023 | 30 | 4,634 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,261 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,498 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 477 | 535 |
| 2012 | 489 | 534 |
| 2013 | 505 | 527 |
| 2014 | 594 | 479 |
| 2015 | 633 | 471 |
| 2016 | 740 | 424 |
| 2017 | 800 | 400 |
| 2018 | 727 | 424 |
| 2019 | 825 | 381 |
| 2020 | 747 | 403 |
| 2021 | 844 | 382 |
| 2022 | 935 | 353 |
| 2023 | 751 | 423 |
| 2024 | 705 | 448 |
| 2025 | 739 | 432 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,247 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 30 | 996 |
| 2018 | 37 | 835 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 48 | 699 |
| 2021 | 41 | 790 |
| 2022 | 48 | 699 |
| 2023 | 40 | 814 |
| 2024 | 32 | 968 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## 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.