girls:
21.9k births since 1989
#972 (83rd percentile)
boys:
244k births since 1977
#154 (97th percentile)
overall:
265.9k births since 1977
#297 (96th percentile)
The name Jayden is the #297 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 265,932 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 96.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #154 (96.7% percentile) for all time with 244,036 births since 1977. For girls, it ranks #972 (83.0% percentile) for all time with 21,896 births since 1989.
Jayden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for boys and 1989 for girls). Birth data for Jayden is available in 43 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 35 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 Jayden has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jayden reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 99.7% percentile (ranked #4) with 8,371 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 8,375 births per million (ranked 99.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jayden ranks #47 for boys (94.9% percentile) with 3,073 births per million, which is 36.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jayden reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 82.8% percentile (ranked #171) with 965 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 965 births per million (ranked 82.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jayden ranks #855 for girls (9.7% percentile) with 55 births per million, which is 5.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jayden".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jayden. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Jayden is pronounced as JAY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-dihn, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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