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Kaidon

Masculine

1999high 2011
#7194 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare11 boys in 2025

Kaidon is a second-generation coinage built on Kaiden, which was itself built on Aiden. Aiden is a genuine Irish name; Kaiden, Braden, Jaden and Zayden are American constructions from its ending; and Kaidon respells one of those. The name is three steps from anything inherited.

How old is the name Kaidon?

Kaidon first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Kaidon alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Kaidon are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Kaidon most popular?

Kaidon peaked in 2011, reaching #2626 nationally. Today it ranks #7194, 4,568 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Kaidon

The -aiden family is the single largest naming event in recent American history and it is worth stating its shape. Aidan, a real Irish name, entered American use in the 1990s and became a top-twenty boys' name. Its ending then detached and combined with almost every available initial consonant: Braden, Caden, Hayden, Jaden, Kaden, Raiden, Zayden. By the mid-2000s the ending was so productive that names built with it collectively outnumbered any single name in the top ten — which meant the sound was dominant while each spelling looked rare. Kaidon is at the outer edge of that expansion: a respelling of a construction from a detached ending, peaking in 2011, when the family was already past its height.

Meaningnot established

Not established

Aidan is Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, a name connected to a word for fire and to a pre-Christian deity — a settled etymology for Aidan itself. Kaiden is not a form of it; the initial consonant is different, so the word is different. Kaidon is a respelling of Kaiden. No meaning survives the reconstructions.

How the name formed

  1. Aodhán
  2. Aidan
  3. Kaiden
  4. Kaidon

Pronouncing Kaidon

KAY-dun

Two syllables with the stress on the first and the second vowel fully reduced. Kaidon, Kaiden, Kayden and Caden are identical aloud — the whole family differs only on paper.

Nicknames for Kaidon

Moderate

KaiThe front of the name
DonThe second syllable as spelled, a complete mid-century name
KDThe initials, which two-part names of this shape attract
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1999–202546230461119992025

US babies named Kaidon per year from 1999 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#26261990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1999
Most boys named
201146 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2626reached in 2011
Change vs 2024
−8.3%11 in 2025, from 12
Kaidon sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 46 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.

Kaidon in other languages

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida.

Kaidons among us

600

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

About 1 boy in 155,280 born in 2025 was named Kaidon

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

Spellings of Kaidon

#7194
Kaidon on the 2025 chart
#882
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kaidon went to 11 boys in 2025, but Kaydon is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 46, which makes it the 882nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 6,312 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 37,132 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 155,280 for Kaidon 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 Kavan test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaidon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kavan climbed just as high around 1995, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kavan's path sketches the road Kaidon is walking now.

40%chance Kaidon will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Kaidon, aligned on its peakKavan· peak 1995not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+30 yrsKavan · #7387Kaidon today
Kaidon today is about where Kavan stood in 2009 — 14 years past a #2626-sized peak. By 2024, Kavan had settled around #7387.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Kaidon 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

Kaidon beside its neighbors

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

Kaidonthis name11#7194Junius11#7194Orie11#7194Shade11#7194Chesley11#7194

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Kai works as a strong, current short form on its own.
  • The sound is one of the most familiar in American naming.
  • It is short, two syllables, and easy to say.
What to consider
  • More than a dozen spellings of this sound are in use.
  • It has no meaning at any remove.
  • The 2011 peak dates it precisely.

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Frequently asked

How many Kaidons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kaidon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Kaidon?
Kaidon is one of 2 recorded spellings. Kaydon is the more common one — 35 births in 2025 against 11 for Kaidon.
How popular is the name Kaidon in 2025?
Kaidon ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Kaidon?
About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Kaidon — 11 in all.
Will my child share the name Kaidon with classmates?
Kaidon will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Kaidon

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Junius#7194 · Orie#7194 · Shade#7194 · Chesley#7194 · Joesph#7194 · Lofton#7194 · Macon#7194 · Benjiman#7194

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