Caiden
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Caiden
A variation of the popular Caden, Kayden, Kaden, and so on, Caiden is in the US Top 500 and the UK Top 1000. When you combine all the spelling variations however, Caiden begins to feel and sound like a Top 20 choice in the States.
Caiden and family could be an invented names, borrowing the sounds of Aidan and Hayden, however, it could also be an elaboration of Cade, an English surname meaning "round" or from the Old English Cada, meaning "battle".
The name was given to around 600 American babies in a recent year, meaning for every baby called Caiden, there were five called Kayden — currently the most popular form of the name.
Caiden is also given to girls.
Pronounced KAY-dun.
As of October 2026, Caiden ranked #15668 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #3492 in 2007.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #272 | 1,354 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #284 | 1,293 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #312 | 1,133 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #325 | 1,048 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #348 | 948 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #354 | 931 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #383 | 800 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #420 | 735 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #436 | 711 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #495 | 608 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #544 | 544 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #602 | 475 |
World rankings
Caiden for boys
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Famous Caidens
- Caiden CowgerBoy
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- Caiden Ajay Marley (b. 2006)Boy
son of English actress Terri Dwyer
- Caiden Mills (b. 2011)Boy
son of rapper Consequence
- Caiden J Gorden (b. 2014)Boy
son of professional soccer player Sarah Gorden
- Caiden Zane Lochte (b. 2017)Boy
son of swimmer Ryan Lochte