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Kaeden

Masculine

Kaeden is given to both — 5,100 boys and 158 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1994high 2008
#2676 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare48 boys in 2025

Kaeden respells Caden, and the whole Caden family appeared in American records in the 1990s with no clear ancestry.

How old is the name Kaeden?

Kaeden first appears in US birth records in 1994 — 31 years ago. The typical Kaeden alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 5,000 people named Kaeden are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kaeden most popular?

Kaeden peaked in 2008, reaching #668 nationally. Today it ranks #2676, 2,008 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Kaeden

Our story of Kaeden is a story of a name that appeared and then multiplied. Caden entered the American registers in the early 1990s with no clear ancestry and rose fast, pulling Aiden, Jaden, Brayden and Hayden into a rhyme family that dominated a decade of boys' naming. Respellings followed: Kaden, Kayden, Caiden, Kaeden. The family's history is real and it is thirty years long.

Meaningnot established

Not established

No documented etymology. Caden has been attributed to an Irish surname Mac Cadáin and to an Arabic Qadin, but neither is established, and its rise is documented as a 1990s American phenomenon. Kaeden is a respelling of it.

Pronouncing Kaeden

KAY-den

Two syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Kaeden

Moderate

KaeThe front sound alone, used inside families rather than generally
KadeA clipping, and a name in its own right with a real record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1994–202536218103624819942025

US babies named Kaeden per year from 1994 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#6681990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1994
Most boys named
2008362 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#668reached in 2008
Change vs 2024
−29.4%48 in 2025, from 68
Kaeden sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2008, with 362 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Kaeden in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Caden in English — spelling variant
  • Kayden in English — spelling variant
  • Aiden in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Kaedens among us

5,000

people named Kaeden are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 35,585 born in 2025 was named Kaeden

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Kaeden

#2676
Kaeden on the 2025 chart
#850
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kaeden went to 48 boys in 2025, but Caeden is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 78, which makes it the 850th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,826 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 21,898 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 35,585 for Kaeden itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Antione test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaeden's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Antione climbed just as high around 1974, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Antione's path sketches the road Kaeden is walking now.

40%chance Kaeden will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Kaeden, aligned on its peakAntione· peak 1974not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-20 yrs+50 yrsAntione · #6883Kaeden today
Kaeden today is about where Antione stood in 1991 — 17 years past a #668-sized peak. By 2006, Antione had settled around #2041.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kaeden 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 Kaeden is headed

19942030

US babies named Kaeden per year, 1994 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Kaeden is easing off slowly — about 23% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-23% by 2030projected around #3,301 in 2030

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.

Kaeden beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Kaeden in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Kaedenthis name48#2676Isaak48#2676Hershel48#2676Mikhael48#2676Kylon48#2676

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Kade is available as a short form with a real record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
  • It belongs to the best-documented American naming family of recent decades.
What to consider
  • There is no documented meaning.
  • At least six spellings of the sound are in circulation.
  • It will be respelled by other people constantly.

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Frequently asked

How many Kaedens are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,000 people named Kaeden are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kaeden?
Kaeden is the most-used spelling in US records — 48 of the 78 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Caeden.
How popular is the name Kaeden in 2025?
Kaeden ranks #2676 among US boy names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kaeden?
About 1 in every 35,585 US boys born in 2025 was named Kaeden — 48 in all.
Will my child share the name Kaeden with classmates?
Kaeden will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Kaeden

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Isaak#2676 · Hershel#2676 · Mikhael#2676 · Kylon#2676 · Pryce#2676 · Davin#2676 · Juancarlos#2676 · Zyion#2676

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