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The name Jayden

Letters
6
Syllables
2
First letter
J
Origin
English
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 28.1%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s28.1%

Jayden is a modern invented English boy's name, a variant of Jaden, with no fixed meaning.

About the name Jayden

Jayden is a modern invented English name, a variant of Jaden, using the -den ending sound found in Braden and Hayden. Its sister form Jaden became common in the United States from the late 20th century, and the name has no fixed meaning. According to JPN, Jayden peaked in the 2010s with 3,752 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginEnglish
SyllablesJay-den

Jayden in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 3,752 · 28.1%
People registered with Jayden as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Jayden · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Jaden · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Wiktionary: Jayden · en.wiktionary.org · origin

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