Kaidyn — #1961 US boys' name
2,671 babies named Kaidyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to boys today.
58% of everyone ever named Kaidyn was born in this single decade.
190 babies were named Kaidyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaidyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,671 babies named Kaidyn between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaidyn currently holds the #1961 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 190 babies received it in a single year. Kaidyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,309 additional births since 1998.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaidyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,544 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaidyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 241 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaidyn in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaidyn 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 2,671 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.
Kaidyn at a glance
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Current rank
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Kaidyn popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2014)
- 190
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #1961 among boys.
2,671 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 190 births in a single year.
Kaidyn popularity over time — girls
1,309 total births recorded since 1998 (Kaidyn as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kaidyn accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaidyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,544 births that decade — 58% of Kaidyn's all-time total
Kaidyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,544 births
- Runner-up 597 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaidyn's strongest decade
1,544 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Kaidyn by state
Where Kaidyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 241 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 123 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 99 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 98 | 3.7% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 90 | 3.4% |
| #6 | California | | 89 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 81 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 79 | 3.0% |
241 of 2,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.0% of nationwide
- Florida 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaidyn appears in 29 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, 1999–2024 (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.