girls:
397 births since 1992
#5319 (7th percentile)
boys:
1.8k births since 1915
#2929 (36th percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1915
#5582 (28th percentile)
The name Haydn is the #5,582 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,212 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 27.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,929 (36.1% percentile) for all time with 1,815 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #5,319 (6.9% percentile) for all time with 397 births since 1992.
Haydn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Haydn is available in 50 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 31 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 Haydn has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.8% of babies named Haydn were boys.
For boys, Haydn reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #726) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 49 births per million (ranked 12.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Haydn ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 24.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Haydn reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #955) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2020, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Haydn ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 35.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Haydn".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Haydn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Haydn is pronounced as HAI-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HAY-duhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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