girls:
8k births since 1992
#1826 (68th percentile)
boys:
67.9k births since 1989
#401 (91st percentile)
overall:
75.9k births since 1989
#826 (89th percentile)
The name Kayden is the #826 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 75,936 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 89.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 89.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #401 (91.3% percentile) for all time with 67,949 births since 1989. For girls, it ranks #1,826 (68.1% percentile) for all time with 7,987 births since 1992.
Kayden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for boys and 1992 for girls).
The name Kayden has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 97.7% of babies named Kayden were boys.
For boys, Kayden reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 90.1% percentile (ranked #90) with 2,313 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 2,313 births per million (ranked 90.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kayden ranks #111 for boys (87.9% percentile) with 1,704 births per million, which is 73.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kayden reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 62.1% percentile (ranked #374) with 396 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 396 births per million (ranked 62.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kayden ranks #880 for girls (7.1% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 10.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayden".
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