# Rayden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rayden/  
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 | 6,937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,570 / 367 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 166, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Raydon or Reydon in Suffolk.

## 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 | 12 | 9,676 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9,598 |
| 2012 | 18 | 7,086 |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,962 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,597 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,829 |
| 2016 | 19 | 6,618 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,785 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,186 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,955 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,318 |
| 2021 | 16 | 7,192 |
| 2022 | 18 | 6,654 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,870 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,927 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 262 | 829 |
| 2012 | 302 | 760 |
| 2013 | 304 | 750 |
| 2014 | 372 | 680 |
| 2015 | 383 | 670 |
| 2016 | 331 | 738 |
| 2017 | 367 | 682 |
| 2018 | 358 | 684 |
| 2019 | 334 | 730 |
| 2020 | 336 | 732 |
| 2021 | 379 | 699 |
| 2022 | 398 | 682 |
| 2023 | 346 | 754 |
| 2024 | 336 | 758 |
| 2025 | 297 | 833 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,018 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## 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.
