Meaning and history
From an English surname derived from place names meaning either “hay valley” or “hay hill,” from Old English heg “hay” and denu “valley” or dun “hill.” Its late-20th-century popularity was influenced by its similarity in sound to other trendy names of the period, such as Braden and Aidan.
20062006: 6,470 births, rank #73
2007: 6,278 births, rank #71
2008: 5,949 births, rank #76
2009: 4,868 births, rank #91
2010: 4,196 births, rank #96
20112011: 4,603 births, rank #90
2012: 3,547 births, rank #109
2013: 2,971 births, rank #129
2014: 2,891 births, rank #140
2015: 2,750 births, rank #150
20162016: 2,394 births, rank #168
2017: 2,300 births, rank #172
2018: 2,183 births, rank #180
2019: 2,070 births, rank #190
2020: 2,157 births, rank #177
20212021: 2,210 births, rank #175
2022: 2,303 births, rank #162
2023: 2,233 births, rank #162
2024: 2,341 births, rank #154
20252025: 2,268 births, rank #161
Hayden moved from #154 to #161 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2006, with 6,470 births.