Boys' name · since 1990
Cayden
Cayden has 41,245 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #563 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41,245
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayden currently ranks #414 among boys' names in America, with 41,245 babies recorded since 1990.
Cayden has 41,245 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #414 as of the latest data, more common than 97% 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 1990 to 2025.
- #563 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #414 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 41,245 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cayden ranks #563 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #414 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 41,245 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #563 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #414 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41,245
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Cayden's 41,245 recorded births place it above 98.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Cayden compares
41,245 Top 5% higher than 95% of 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
Cayden's all-time total is 112x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cayden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41,245 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,749 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cayden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Cayden's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 76% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 24%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 7 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 2,749, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Cayden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 2,749
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Cayden popularity over time - girls
1,878 total births recorded since 1994 (Cayden as girls' name)
Cayden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (19,767 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Cayden's strongest decade.
19,767 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Cayden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 689
1990s
689 births
- 2000s
2000s
14,391 births
- 2010s
2010s
19,767 births
- 2020s 6,398
2020s
6,398 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 19,767 births (48% of all-time use).
How Cayden compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Cayden's total volume
Cayden by state
Where Cayden concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,702 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 2,823 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 2,603 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 1,921 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 1,748 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,741 | 4.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,672 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,536 | 3.7% |
3,702 of 41,245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Cayden appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Cayden's data
- Cayden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (19,767 total births); usage has since declined to 6,398 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Caydens (3,702 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Cayden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Cayden 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.