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Rayden

#833 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Raiden

Rayden has been given to 6,937 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #833 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 398 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Rayden, 2025

1 in 11,200

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

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

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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.

Rayden: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Raiden

surname transfer

What Rayden means

Rayden is a variant of Raiden.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Rayden → Raiden. The family’s meaning is “thunder + lightning”, recorded in the naming reference for Raiden.

Origin, language, and formation

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

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Raiden.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,570 boys were recorded with the name Rayden between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 398 in 2022; its best national rank was #670 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #732 in 2020 to #833 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #670 in 2015 to #833 in 2025.

In the United States, 367 girls were recorded with the name Rayden between 1998 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2015; its best national rank was #4,783 in 2017.

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 Rayden?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 11,200
297 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,750
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#833
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
7,738 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rayden 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 7,738 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rayden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Raydens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rayden was born before 2016 — so the typical Rayden is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,570
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 49.2% of all recorded uses (3,230).

Is Rayden 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
−75
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−101
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−163
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.78×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
74.6%
Peak was 2022 (398)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#670
2015

Spellings of Rayden

Rayden is not the most common spelling — Aiden is, with 13.1% against Rayden's 0.33%.

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 Rayden is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Rayden was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,695 boys, against 1 in 4,987 across all states with data. It was least common in Kansas (1 in 25,000).

459 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,695
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 2,174
  3. 3Kentucky1 in 2,381
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 2,500
  5. 5Wyoming1 in 2,632
  6. 6Alabama1 in 2,778
  7. 7Arizona1 in 3,333
  8. 8Missouri1 in 3,448

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.

Geographically, Rayden is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 58% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Rayden is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Rayden was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,046,820 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 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. Rayden has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rayden around the world

Where Rayden 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
    2006–2025
    #1,276
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2021–2021
    #755
    in 2021
  • France
    2009–2025
    #1,394
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #977
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1971–2013
    #499
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS 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.

Rayden by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#833
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 101
Best rank ever
#670
2015
Peak year
2022
398 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,570
Count in 2025
297

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,783
2017
Peak year
2015
29 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
367
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Rayden

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

RaylanRaymonRayyanRayfordRayanRayvonJordenRaylenMaddenJaedenKaedenRaylonHaidenLindenRayaanZaidenRaymundoKamdenRaidenRayshawnTaydenRayhanGoldenElden

Names with a curve like Rayden

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

CasenJoziahFlynnAbdielLennonThatcherCaysonLachlanMagnusIshaanKannonFisher

Sibling names for Rayden

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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