Paden — #5314 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Paden

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,766 babies named Paden between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Paden currently holds the #5314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 78 babies received it in a single year. Paden is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 198 additional births since 1992.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Paden performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 553 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Paden shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 207 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Paden in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Paden 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 1,766 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.