A twentieth-century invention, sometimes linked to Hebrew Jadon — modern coinage. One of the defining American names of the 2000s, with no older etymology.
Jayden ranks 70th among American boys in 2025, with 4,718 born that year. Its best year was 2009, when 19,083 babies were given the name, ranking 8th. The typical living American called Jayden is about 15 years old today. It is relatively most common in Rhode Island, where it accounts for 0.36% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.