Cayden
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Meaning
modern variant spelling of Kayden/Caden
The story
Cayden is the C-spelling of the -ayden engine, the family whose rhyme scheme Zayden's story mapped twelve batches back: Aiden struck the vein, and Caden, Kayden, Cayden and Kaden mined it in parallel, every spelling charting separately. This spelling's record: about 750 in the 1990s, then 15,400 in the 2000s, cresting at 20,500 in the 2010s, and 6,500 so far this decade, the settle now clearly on. In our records it goes to boys about 41,200 to 1,900. The -ayden generation is aging into middle school and high school, and the record is watching the wave that defined a naming era recede in real time, spelling by spelling. What remains is arithmetic: add the family's lines together and the sound was, for fifteen years, effectively a top-five boys' name America assembled by committee.
How popular is Cayden around the world?
In the United States, 6,532 babies were named Cayden between 2020 and 2025. In Scotland, 14 boys named Cayden were registered in 2024, the 278th most common name among boys that year.
Cayden is on the official records of the United States, Scotland, Canada, Ireland, South Australia, France and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 3,300
In the United States, 6,532 babies were named Cayden between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Cayden peaked in the 2010s. Cayden went to 1,923 US babies in 2015 and 788 in 2025, 41% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Scotland
1 in 3,300
In Scotland, 14 boys named Cayden were registered in 2024, the 278th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
Canada
1 in 5,400
In Canada, 68 boys named Cayden were born in 2024, the 455th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 9,000
In Ireland, 6 boys named Cayden were born in 2025, the 509th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 2 boys were registered as Cayden in 2017.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
France
1 in 11,000
In France, about 60 boys named Cayden were born in 2025, the 697th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)
England and Wales
1 in 15,000
In England and Wales, 39 boys named Cayden were born in 2025, the 822nd most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Argentina
last on record 2022
Cayden is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Austria
last on record 2024
Cayden is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
New Zealand
last on record 2020
Cayden is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Cayden
Most people given the name Cayden in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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