# Zayden (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zayden/  
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 | 32,439 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32,246 / 193 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 656, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

American 21st-century coinage, rhyming with Jayden, Brayden, Aidan, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 14,932 |
| 2011 | 10 | 11,170 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,706 |
| 2013 | 11 | 10,227 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,475 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6,713 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8,387 |
| 2017 | 7 | 14,098 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,799 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,339 |
| 2020 | 9 | 11,071 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,626 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15,168 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17,668 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,449 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,194 | 292 |
| 2012 | 1,562 | 228 |
| 2013 | 2,122 | 192 |
| 2014 | 2,232 | 188 |
| 2015 | 2,142 | 193 |
| 2016 | 2,140 | 184 |
| 2017 | 2,081 | 189 |
| 2018 | 2,147 | 185 |
| 2019 | 2,028 | 194 |
| 2020 | 2,104 | 185 |
| 2021 | 1,891 | 204 |
| 2022 | 2,022 | 187 |
| 2023 | 1,906 | 191 |
| 2024 | 1,747 | 202 |
| 2025 | 1,657 | 214 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,294 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 45 | 748 |
| 2017 | 34 | 906 |
| 2018 | 36 | 851 |
| 2019 | 37 | 825 |
| 2020 | 58 | 611 |
| 2021 | 67 | 569 |
| 2022 | 73 | 531 |
| 2023 | 61 | 598 |
| 2024 | 71 | 538 |
| 2025 | 67 | 578 |

## 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.