Zayden Boy
How popular is Zayden?
#213 boy name in 2025
1,657 baby boys were named Zayden in the US in 2025, making it the 213th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
Zayden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #213 for boys (▼ 11 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,657 boys, 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #192 in 2015, #185 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (2,232 boys) |
| Highest rank | #184 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 2000 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zayden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zayden family of names ranked #168 for boys in 2025 (#156 the year before), with 2,385 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zayden | 1,657 | 69% |
| Zaiden | 466 | 20% |
| Zaidyn | 80 | 3% |
| Zaden | 52 | 2% |
| Zaydan | 55 | 2% |
| Zaydin | 17 | 1% |
| Zaidan | 10 | 0% |
| Zaydon | 15 | 1% |
| Zaydyn | 13 | 1% |
| Zadyn | 15 | 1% |
| Zaidon | 5 | 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 Zayden is most popular
Babies named Zayden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 3.7 per 1,000 (123 boys)
- West Virginia: 3.0 per 1,000 (97 boys)
- Hawaii: 2.2 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Mississippi: 2.0 per 1,000 (113 boys)
- Kentucky: 2.0 per 1,000 (198 boys)
Zayden by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zayden
Questions
- Is Zayden a boy or girl name?
- Zayden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zayden were boys.
- How popular is the name Zayden?
- 1,657 baby boys were named Zayden in the US in 2025, making it the 213th most popular boy name. Another 11 girls got the name (#8,858 for girls).
- When was Zayden most popular?
- Zayden peaked in 2014, when 2,232 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #184 in 2016.
- How many people are named Zayden?
- 32,439 babies have been named Zayden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 32,240 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Zayden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zayden was most common in New Mexico, at 3.7 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.