girls:
580 births since 1994
#5136 (10th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1997
#3549 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1994
#6119 (21st percentile)
The name Jaidan is the #6,119 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,627 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,549 (22.6% percentile) for all time with 1,047 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,136 (10.1% percentile) for all time with 580 births since 1994.
Jaidan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Jaidan is available in 29 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 22 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 Jaidan has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (64.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jaidan were boys. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for girls (52.4% girls from 1994 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (77.5% boys from 2007 to 2023).
For boys, Jaidan reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 9.1% percentile (ranked #825) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 40 births per million (ranked 9.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2010, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jaidan ranks #899 for boys (1.3% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 23.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jaidan reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 6.9% percentile (ranked #874) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jaidan".
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