Dayden — #8662 US boys' name
277 babies named Dayden in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Dayden was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Dayden in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dayden
The Social Security Administration has registered 277 babies named Dayden between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dayden currently holds the #8662 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dayden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dayden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dayden in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dayden 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 277 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.
Dayden at a glance
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Current rank
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Dayden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #8662 among boys.
277 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 24 births in a single year.
Dayden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 119 births that decade — 43% of Dayden's all-time total
Dayden decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dayden's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Dayden by state
Where Dayden concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 2.5% |
7 of 277 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.5% 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, 2000–2024 (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.