Jadon
Masculine · Hebrew roots · “he will judge" or "thankful”
Jadon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 10,606 boys against 173 girls since 1880.
Jadon is a name with one foot in the Hebrew Bible and one in the American present. It appears once in the book of Nehemiah, carried by a man who helped rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, and it resurfaced in the United States within the great wave of Jayden, Aiden and Braden — a sound so familiar that almost nobody has to ask how to say it, even on first sight.
How old is the name Jadon?
Jadon first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Jadon alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 10,500 people named Jadon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jadon most popular?
Jadon peaked in 2003, reaching #372 nationally. Today it ranks #1281, 909 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yadon (Hebrew) to Jadon
The story of Jadon
The name comes from Hebrew Yadon, and it appears once in scripture: Nehemiah names Jadon the Meronothite among the men who repaired the wall of Jerusalem after the exile, working alongside the men of Gibeon and Mizpah. It sat quietly in Bible concordances for centuries, used rarely and mostly by families reading closely. Its American life began much later, when the -ayden sound spread across boys' names and Jadon arrived on the charts as one spelling among many — this one, unlike most of its rhyming neighbors, with an ancient written record behind it.
Meaningscholars disagree
"he will judge" or "thankful"
Hebrew scholars trace Yadon either to the root din, "to judge", giving "he will judge", or to yadah, "to thank, to praise". Both readings have long standing in biblical lexicons, and neither has pushed the other out.
How the name formed
- YadonHebrew
- JadonEnglish Bible
Related forms: ידון (Yadon) · Jaden · Jayden · Jaiden · Jaeden
Pronouncing Jadon
JAY-dun
Stress on the first syllable, the second reduced almost to nothing. In Hebrew the name is closer to yah-DOHN, though the English-language pronunciation is what Jadon will meet in daily life.
Nicknames for Jadon
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 2006756 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #372reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- +13.3%153 in 2025, from 135
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jadon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ידון (Yadon) in Hebrew — transliteration
- Jaden in English — spelling variant
- Jayden in English — spelling variant
- Jaiden in English — spelling variant
- Jaeden in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Jadons among us
people named Jadon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 11,164 born in 2025 was named Jadon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Felipe test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jadon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Felipe climbed just as high around 1981, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Felipe's path sketches the road Jadon is walking now.
Jadon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jadon is headed
Jadon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jadon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jadon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reads correctly on sight for nearly all American English speakers, because the -aden sound pattern is already thoroughly familiar.
- Has a documented written history going back to the Hebrew Bible, which few names in its sound family can claim.
- Comes with short forms already in circulation — Jay above all, plus Jade and a plain initial.
- Familiar in sound while genuinely uncommon in this spelling: recognizable without being repeated down the hallway.
- Strongly represented in Texas, California and Florida, so it travels easily in bilingual and multi-ethnic settings.
- The spelling will be corrected for life. Jaden, Jayden, Jaiden and Jaeden are all in use, and Jadon is not the most common of them, so expect to spell it aloud at every appointment.
- The -ayden sound places the name firmly in a particular stretch of recent American naming. That family of names is now strongly associated with a specific generation, which can make Jadon read as of its moment rather than timeless.
- The biblical bearer appears in a single verse and is not a famous figure, so the scriptural connection is real but quiet — worth knowing, not something most people will recognize.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jadons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,500 people named Jadon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jadon in 2025?
- Jadon ranks #1281 among US boy names in 2025, with 153 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jadon?
- About 1 in every 11,164 US boys born in 2025 was named Jadon — 153 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jadon with classmates?
- Jadon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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