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Haiden

#1,306 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

Haiden has been given to 6,059 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #1,306 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 285 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Haiden, 2025

1 in 22,200

Haiden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Haiden over time

In 2025, Haiden went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

19902025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Haiden: meaning, origin, and history

Transferred from a surname; no fixed literal translation

surname transfer

What Haiden means

Haiden is a modern given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Haiden is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Haiden is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,327 boys were recorded with the name Haiden between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 285 in 2008; its best national rank was #779 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,613 in 2020 to #1,306 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #986 in 2015 to #1,306 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,732 girls were recorded with the name Haiden between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 136 in 2009; its best national rank was #1,646 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,953 in 2020 to #4,214 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,483 in 2015 to #4,214 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Haiden?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,200
149 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 11,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,306
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,423 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Haiden sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,423 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Haiden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Haidens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Haiden was born before 2011 — so the typical Haiden is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,327
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (1,708).

Is Haiden rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+27
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+307
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−320
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
52.3%
Peak was 2008 (285)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#779
2008

Spellings of Haiden

Haiden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 15.6% against Haiden's 0.26%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Haiden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Haiden was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 4,167 boys, against 1 in 16,852 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

124 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 4,167
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 9,091
  3. 3Ohio1 in 9,091
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 9,091
  5. 5Georgia1 in 10,000
  6. 6Alabama1 in 11,111
  7. 7Florida1 in 11,111
  8. 8Michigan1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Haiden is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Haiden was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 248,389 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 100,000
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 100,000
  3. 3Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  4. 4Tennessee1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 100,000
  7. 7Arizona1 in —
  8. 8California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Haiden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Haiden around the world

Where Haiden ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2009–2024
    #727
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2011–2011
    #730
    in 2011
  • France
    2008–2025
    #6,661
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1994–2023
    #1,853
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1984–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Haiden by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,306
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 307
Best rank ever
#779
2008
Peak year
2008
285 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,327
Count in 2025
149

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,214
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 261
Best rank ever
#1,646
2009
Peak year
2009
136 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,732
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Haiden

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Haiden

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Haiden, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Haiden

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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