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Kaeden

#2,697 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Caden

Kaeden has been given to 5,258 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #2,697 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 362 recorded.

Babies named Kaeden, 2025

1 in 69,100

Kaeden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaeden: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Caden

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaeden means

Kaeden is a variant of Caden.

Origin, language, and formation

Kaeden is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Caden.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,100 boys were recorded with the name Kaeden between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 362 in 2008; its best national rank was #668 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,459 in 2020 to #2,697 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #972 in 2015 to #2,697 in 2025.

In the United States, 158 girls were recorded with the name Kaeden between 2000 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2007; its best national rank was #7,559 in 2007.

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 Kaeden?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 69,100
48 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 35,600
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,697
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
47,874 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kaeden 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 47,874 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaeden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaedens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaeden was born before 2010 — so the typical Kaeden is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
44.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,100
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 44.2% of all recorded uses (2,253).

Is Kaeden 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
−538
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,238
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,725
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.23×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.3%
Peak was 2008 (362)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#668
2008

Spellings of Kaeden

Kaeden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 16.3% against Kaeden's 0.32%.

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 Kaeden is used

Across 2016–2025, Kaeden was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 17,129 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in 50,000).

225 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 4,000
  2. 2California1 in 12,500
  3. 3Florida1 in 12,500
  4. 4New York1 in 12,500
  5. 5Georgia1 in 14,286
  6. 6Washington1 in 14,286
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 16,667
  8. 8Virginia1 in 16,667

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.

Kaeden around the world

Where Kaeden 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
    2002–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2012–2012
    #568
    in 2012
  • Ireland
    2018–2018
    #749
    in 2018
  • France
    2011–2025
    #4,633
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1988–2012
    #316
    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.

Kaeden by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,697
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,238
Best rank ever
#668
2008
Peak year
2008
362 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,100
Count in 2025
48

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,559
2007
Peak year
2007
17 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
158
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kaeden

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

KaedynKaelanJaedenHaidenLindenRaydenKaesonJordenMaddenKaelinKaelTaydenGoldenKaelenAadenKaedonBodenZaidenCaedenEldenKamdenRaidenBrydenHaden

Names with a curve like Kaeden

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

TeaganAydanDamarionGaugeCamrynJaidynKyanJaydanIzayahJavionYairRylee

Sibling names for Kaeden

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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