girls:
289 births since 1995
#5427 (5th percentile)
boys:
947 births since 1992
#3644 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1992
#6505 (16th percentile)
The name Shayden is the #6,505 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,236 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,644 (20.5% percentile) for all time with 947 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,427 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 289 births since 1995.
Shayden first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 1995 for girls). Birth data for Shayden is available in 31 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (31 years for boys and 23 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 Shayden has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Shayden were boys.
For boys, Shayden reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #827) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shayden ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 34.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Shayden reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #919) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shayden".
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