# Biden (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/biden/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 159 |
| US rank (2010) | 110,825 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,941,796 people |
| Change since 2000 | +13% (141 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbaɪdən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), a metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Biden in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Two or more races | 4.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Biden in the United States.

## People named Biden

- Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
- Jill Biden, American educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
- Hunter Biden, American businessman and lobbyist (born 1970)
- Beau Biden, American politician and lawyer (1969–2015)
- Ashley Biden, American social worker and fashion designer (born 1981)
- Valerie Biden Owens, American political strategist
- Neilia Hunter, American teacher and first wife of Joe Biden (1942–1972)

## Similar surnames

Bowden, Bodine, Boden, Bodden, Baden, Boyden, Batten, Button, Beaudoin, Beaton, Boutin, Bethune.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.