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Hayden
Pronounced /ˈheɪdn̩/
Rank in 2024
#401
Born in 2024
787
Peak year
2008 · #127
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:2,337 in 2024 (#154)
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 787 girls were named Hayden, about 1 in every 2,050.
- It peaked in 2008 with 2,662 babies, ranked #127.
- It first shows up in the records in 1969.
- 32,710 girls have been named Hayden since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Hayden per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 113 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,078 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 16,390 babies, 0.56 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15,129 babies, 0.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Originally a place name, from Old English heg (“hay”) + denu (“valley”). Alternatively, from Middle Dutch heiden (“heathen”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, in general use since the 1990s.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈheɪdn̩/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Hayden, CC BY-SA 4.0.