girls:
2.4k births since 1994
#3535 (38th percentile)
boys:
86.1k births since 1990
#338 (93rd percentile)
overall:
88.5k births since 1990
#738 (90th percentile)
The name Ayden is the #738 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 88,486 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 90.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 90.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #338 (92.6% percentile) for all time with 86,090 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #3,535 (38.1% percentile) for all time with 2,396 births since 1994.
Ayden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Ayden is available in 33 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 29 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ayden has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ayden reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 92.5% percentile (ranked #68) with 3,072 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 3,072 births per million (ranked 92.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ayden ranks #187 for boys (79.6% percentile) with 1,040 births per million, which is 33.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ayden reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 20.9% percentile (ranked #779) with 101 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 101 births per million (ranked 20.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ayden ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 13.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ayden".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ayden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.0% confident that Ayden is pronounced as AY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-DEHN, at 12.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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