Unisex name · since 1991
Rayden
Rayden has 6,570 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,520 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #834 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,570
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rayden currently ranks #834 among unisex names in America, with 6,570 babies recorded since 1991.
Rayden has 6,570 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #834 as of the latest data, more common than 94% 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 1991 to 2025.
- #1,520 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #834 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 6,570 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayden ranks #1,520 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #834 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 6,570 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,520 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #834 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,570
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rayden's 6,570 recorded births place it above 96.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Rayden compares
6,570 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Rayden's all-time total is 18x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rayden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,570 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 398 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rayden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rayden splits its recorded history at 2008: 87% of all births land in the more recent half, 13% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 398 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rayden popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 398
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Rayden popularity over time - girls
367 total births recorded since 1998 (Rayden as girls' name)
Rayden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,230 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Rayden's strongest decade.
3,230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Rayden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 188
1990s
188 births
- 2000s 1,060
2000s
1,060 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,230 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,092 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,230 births (49% of all-time use).
How Rayden 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 Rayden's total volume
Rayden by state
Where Rayden concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 774 | 11.8% |
| #2 | California | | 665 | 10.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 362 | 5.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 245 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 199 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 196 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 174 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 158 | 2.4% |
774 of 6,570 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Rayden appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Rayden's data
- Rayden's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,230 total births) through the 2020s (2,092) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Raydens (774 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1991–2025 (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 Rayden 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.