Caiden Boy
How popular is Caiden?
#602 boy name in 2025
475 baby boys were named Caiden in the US in 2025, making it the 602nd most popular boy name.
Caiden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #602 for boys (▼ 57 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 475 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #284 in 2015, #383 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,403 boys) |
| Highest rank | #250 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Caiden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kayden family of names ranked #20 for boys in 2025 (#17 the year before), with 8,513 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kayden | 2,678 | 31% |
| Kaiden | 1,476 | 17% |
| Caden | 1,742 | 20% |
| Kaden | 1,034 | 12% |
| Cayden | 774 | 9% |
| Caiden | 475 | 6% |
| Kaidyn | 67 | 1% |
| Kadyn | 41 | 0% |
| Kaydon | 35 | 0% |
| Kadin | 27 | 0% |
| Kaidan | 15 | 0% |
| Kaydin | 23 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Caiden is most popular
Babies named Caiden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (73 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.8 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (77 boys)
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- Louisiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (60 boys)
Caiden by decade
Boy names about as popular as Caiden
Questions
- Is Caiden a boy or girl name?
- Caiden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Caiden were boys.
- How popular is the name Caiden?
- 475 baby boys were named Caiden in the US in 2025, making it the 602nd most popular boy name.
- When was Caiden most popular?
- Caiden peaked in 2008, when 1,403 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #250 in 2008.
- How many people are named Caiden?
- 23,862 babies have been named Caiden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,652 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Caiden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Caiden was most common in Mississippi, at 1.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.