Caydan — boys' name
284 babies named Caydan in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Caydan was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Caydan in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caydan
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Caydan between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caydan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 32 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caydan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Caydan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Caydan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caydan 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 284 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.
Caydan at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caydan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002
- Peak year (2009)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
284 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 32 births in a single year.
Caydan popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Caydan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Caydan accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Caydan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 131 births that decade — 46% of Caydan's all-time total
Caydan decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Caydan's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Caydan by state
Where Caydan concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 284 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.