Unisex name · since 1977
Jayden
Jayden has 253,989 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #151 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #70 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 253,989
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
253,989 babies have been named Jayden since 1977, making it today's #70 unisex name.
Jayden has 253,989 recorded births among boys since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #70 as of the latest data, more common than 99.5% 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 1977 to 2025.
- #151 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #70 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 253,989 born since 1977
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayden ranks #151 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #70 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 253,989 born since 1977, peaking in the 2010s.
- #151 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #70 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 253,989
- born since 1977
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jayden's 253,989 recorded births place it above 99.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jayden compares
253,989 Top 2% higher than 98% 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
Jayden's all-time total is 688x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jayden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 253,989 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17,316 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jayden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jayden splits its recorded history at 2003: 95% of all births land in the more recent half, 5% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1977 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 17,316 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jayden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 17,316
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Jayden popularity over time - girls
22,071 total births recorded since 1989 (Jayden as girls' name)
Jayden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126,104 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Jayden's strongest decade.
126,104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jayden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s 89
1980s
89 births
- 1990s 3,119
1990s
3,119 births
- 2000s
2000s
88,603 births
- 2010s
2010s
126,104 births
- 2020s 36,062
2020s
36,062 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126,104 births (50% of all-time use).
How Jayden 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 Jayden's total volume
Jayden by state
Where Jayden concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37,142 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 28,238 | 11.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 20,373 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 18,981 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 9,268 | 3.6% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 8,481 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 8,468 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 8,279 | 3.3% |
37,142 of 253,989 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Jayden appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jayden's data
- Jayden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (126,104 total births); usage has since declined to 36,062 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaydens (37,142 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Jayden: 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 (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Jayden 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.