#2072024 rank
2014peak year
45,246babies named Kaiden since 1880
▼ 36%5-year trend
Kaiden popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Kaiden mean?
A modern phonetic variant of Caden, itself of uncertain origin, sometimes linked to Irish Cathan 'little battle' or Arabic kadin 'companion'. A 2000s American coinage.
OriginModern English
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, classic
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Spellings & variants
CadenKadenKayden
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