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Paden

#5,549 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Surname transferred into given-name use

Paden has been given to 1,981 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #5,549 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1987, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Paden, 2025

1 in 195,000

Paden over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Paden went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19852025

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.

Paden: meaning, origin, and history

Surname transferred into given-name use

surname transfer

What Paden means

Paden is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Paden is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈpeɪ.dən/ for Paden.

The naming story behind Paden

Paden is a given name adopted from surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,783 boys were recorded with the name Paden between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 1987; its best national rank was #1,091 in 1987.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,889 in 2020 to #5,549 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,257 in 2015 to #5,549 in 2025.

In the United States, 198 girls were recorded with the name Paden between 1992 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2002; its best national rank was #7,923 in 1995.

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.

How common is Paden?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 195,000
17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 100,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,549
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
135,172 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Paden 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 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Paden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Padens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Paden was born before 2001 — so the typical Paden is around 24 today.

Median birth year
2001
About 24 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
31.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
52.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,783
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Choose a decade

2000s — 31.0% of all recorded uses (553).

Is Paden 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
−163
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,660
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,292
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.71×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
21.8%
Peak was 1987 (78)
Years since peak
38
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,091
1987

Spellings of Paden

Paden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 13.5% against Paden's 0.09%.

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 Paden is used

Across 1910–2025, Paden was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 180,645 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 33,333
  2. 2Texas1 in 50,000
  3. 3Missouri1 in 100,000
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  5. 5California1 in —
  6. 6Colorado1 in —
  7. 7Georgia1 in —
  8. 8Illinois1 in —

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. Paden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Paden around the world

Where Paden 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.

  • Canada
    1993–2017
    #2,308
    in 2017
  • South Australia
    1989–1994
    #531
    in 1994

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Paden by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,549
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,660
Best rank ever
#1,091
1987
Peak year
1987
78 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,783
Count in 2025
17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,923
1995
Peak year
2002
12 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
198
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Paden

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

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Sibling names for Paden

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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