Name profile

Jaden

An invented name, using the popular den suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden and Aidan.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#421

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.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 4,947 births, rank #88
2007: 6,262 births, rank #74
2008: 5,193 births, rank #88
2009: 4,169 births, rank #101
2010: 4,523 births, rank #91
20112011: 3,811 births, rank #100
2012: 2,835 births, rank #139
2013: 2,784 births, rank #141
2014: 2,467 births, rank #173
2015: 2,018 births, rank #201
20162016: 1,786 births, rank #219
2017: 1,652 births, rank #229
2018: 1,506 births, rank #246
2019: 1,362 births, rank #267
2020: 1,170 births, rank #290
20212021: 1,089 births, rank #306
2022: 1,053 births, rank #319
2023: 933 births, rank #352
2024: 828 births, rank #394
20252025: 768 births, rank #421

Jaden moved from #394 to #421 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2007, with 6,262 births.