Caiden — #544 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Caiden

The Social Security Administration has registered 22,859 babies named Caiden between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caiden currently holds the #544 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 1,403 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Caiden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11,727 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Caiden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,827 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Caiden in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Caiden in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22,859 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.