Meaning and history
An invented name that uses the popular -den suffix sound seen in names such as Braden, Hayden, and Aidan, Jaden became common in America in the 1990s as similar-sounding names grew in popularity. The spelling Jayden has been more popular since 2003, and the name is sometimes regarded as a variant of the biblical Jadon.
Jaden moved from #394 to #421 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 6,262 births.