Boys' name · since 1988
Calden
Calden has 105 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,181 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Calden is the #9181 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 105 recorded since 1988.
Calden has 105 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9181 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #17,073 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,181 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 105 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Calden ranks #17,073 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,181 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 105 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,073 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,181 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 105
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Calden's 105 recorded births place it above 62.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Calden compares
105 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Calden's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Calden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 105 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Calden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Calden splits its recorded history at 2013: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Calden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Calden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Calden's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Calden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Calden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Calden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Calden draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.