Boys' name · since 2010
Zhayden
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Zhayden, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,601 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,099 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
84 babies have been named Zhayden since 2010, making it today's #13099 boys' name.
Zhayden has 84 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13099 as of the latest data, more common than 6% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #18,601 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,099 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 84 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zhayden ranks #18,601 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,099 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 84 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,601 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,099 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zhayden's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zhayden compares
84 23rd percentile among 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
Zhayden's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zhayden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zhayden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zhayden's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zhayden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Zhayden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (66 births, 79% of the file).
2010s was Zhayden's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Zhayden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 66 births (79% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zhayden's data
- Zhayden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zhayden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Zhayden 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.