# Hayden (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 37,451 |
| US rank (2010) | 930 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,244 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (36,024 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈheɪdn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hayden 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hayden in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hayden

- Sterling Hayden, American actor (1916–1986)
- Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (1981-2017)
- Carla Hayden, American librarian and 14th Librarian of Congress (born 1952)
- Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer (born 1971)
- Tom Hayden, American activist (1939–2016)
- Pamela Hayden, American actress
- Russell Hayden, American actor (1912-1981)
- Alma Levant Hayden, American chemist
- Dolores Hayden, American historian, architect, and poet
- James Hayden, American actor (1953–1983)
- Roger Lee Hayden, American motorcycle racer
- Ada Hayden, American botanist, educator, curator and preservationist (1884-1950)

and 8 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hadden, Hatten, Haden, Hyden, Haydon, Headen, Haddon, Hayton, Hutton, Heaton, Hatton, Hooten.

## 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.