Jaidan — #5778 US boys' name
1,064 babies named Jaidan in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
53% of everyone ever named Jaidan was born in this single decade.
87 babies were named Jaidan in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaidan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,064 babies named Jaidan between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaidan currently holds the #5778 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 87 babies received it in a single year. Jaidan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 580 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaidan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 559 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaidan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaidan in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaidan 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 1,064 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.
Jaidan at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaidan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2008)
- 87
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #5778 among boys.
1,064 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 87 births in a single year.
Jaidan popularity over time — girls
580 total births recorded since 1994 (Jaidan as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jaidan accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaidan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 559 births that decade — 53% of Jaidan's all-time total
Jaidan decade highlights
- Peak decade 559 births
- Runner-up 393 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaidan's strongest decade
559 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Jaidan by state
Where Jaidan concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 92 | 8.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 56 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 43 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 30 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 19 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
92 of 1,064 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.3% of nationwide
- California 4.0% of nationwide
- Florida 2.8% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.6% 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, 1997–2024 (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.