Kaiden — #208 US boys' name
51,057 babies named Kaiden in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Kaiden was born in this single decade.
3,268 babies were named Kaiden in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaiden
The Social Security Administration has registered 51,057 babies named Kaiden between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaiden currently holds the #208 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 3,268 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaiden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28,077 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaiden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,213 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaiden in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaiden 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 51,057 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.
Kaiden at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaiden popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2014)
- 3,268
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #208 among boys.
51,057 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 3,268 births in a single year.
Kaiden popularity over time — girls
1,582 total births recorded since 1997 (Kaiden as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kaiden accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaiden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28,077 births that decade — 55% of Kaiden's all-time total
Kaiden decade highlights
- Peak decade 28,077 births
- Runner-up 11,508 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaiden's strongest decade
28,077 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Kaiden by state
Where Kaiden concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,213 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 3,493 | 6.8% |
| #3 | California | | 3,314 | 6.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 2,508 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 2,499 | 4.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 2,231 | 4.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 2,083 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,902 | 3.7% |
4,213 of 51,057 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- Florida 6.8% of nationwide
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaiden appears in 51 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, 1992–2024 (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.