Nayden — #11692 US boys' name
193 babies named Nayden in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
64% of everyone ever named Nayden was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Nayden in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nayden
The Social Security Administration has registered 193 babies named Nayden between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Nayden currently holds the #11692 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nayden performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Nayden shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Nayden in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nayden 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 193 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.
Nayden at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nayden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #11692 among boys.
193 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 16 births in a single year.
Nayden by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 123 births that decade — 64% of Nayden's all-time total
Nayden decade highlights
- Peak decade 123 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nayden's strongest decade
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Nayden by state
Where Nayden concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 193 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% 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, 2007–2024 (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.