Haydn — #5913 US boys' name
1,830 babies named Haydn in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 58% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Haydn was born in this single decade.
104 babies were named Haydn in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haydn
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,830 babies named Haydn between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Haydn currently holds the #5913 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 104 babies received it in a single year. Haydn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 397 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haydn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 883 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Haydn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Haydn in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haydn 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 1,830 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.
Haydn at a glance
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Current rank
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Haydn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2003)
- 104
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #5913 among boys.
1,830 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 104 births in a single year.
Haydn popularity over time — girls
397 total births recorded since 1992 (Haydn as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Haydn accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Haydn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 883 births that decade — 48% of Haydn's all-time total
Haydn decade highlights
- Peak decade 883 births
- Runner-up 389 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Haydn's strongest decade
883 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Haydn by state
Where Haydn concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 87 | 4.8% |
| #2 | California | | 69 | 3.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 42 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 22 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 18 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 12 | 0.7% |
87 of 1,830 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.8% of nationwide
- California 3.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Haydn appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.