How common is the surname Hayden?

37,451 people in the United States had the surname Hayden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,244 Americans. It ranked 930th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hayden?

Sterling Hayden, American actor (1916–1986), followed by Nicky Hayden.

Where is the surname Hayden most common?

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

How do you pronounce Hayden?

Hayden is /ˈheɪdn̩/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hayden getting more or less common?

More common. 36,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,451 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Hayden also a first name?

Yes. Hayden is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hayden

A Dutch place surname, carried by 37,451 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈheɪdn̩/ 2 syllables Soundex H350 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hayden is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

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

Hayden is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 37,451 people named Hayden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,244 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 36,024.

#930

rank among US surnames

37,451

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #878)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#921	Horne	37,689	8,192
#922	Finley	37,672	8,196
#923	Quintana	37,657	8,199
#924	Lynn	37,644	8,202
#925	Esquivel	37,578	8,216
#926	Bean	37,571	8,218
#927	Dodson	37,566	8,219

Who is named Hayden

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

81% of people named Hayden identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haydens

20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1953
Russell Hayden
American actor (1912-1981)
Alma Levant Hayden
American chemist, 1927–1967
Dolores Hayden
American historian, architect, and poet, born 1945
James Hayden
American actor (1953–1983)
Roger Lee Hayden
American motorcycle racer, born 1983
Ada Hayden
American botanist, educator, curator and preservationist (1884-1950)

Notable Haydens come mostly from the United States (18), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Hayden

Hayden has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hayden come from?: Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).
How common is the surname Hayden?: 37,451 people in the United States had the surname Hayden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,244 Americans. It ranked 930th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hayden?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Hayden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hayden?: Sterling Hayden, American actor (1916–1986), followed by Nicky Hayden.
Where is the surname Hayden most common?: Wikidata records people named Hayden in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Hayden?: Hayden is /ˈheɪdn̩/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Hayden?: Hayden is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hayden getting more or less common?: More common. 36,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 37,451 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Hayden also a first name?: Yes. Hayden is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.