How Many People Are Named Hayden?
people named Hayden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,381 people in the US has this name
Based on 147,508 babies named Hayden in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,611 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from place names meaning either "hay valley" or "hay hill", derived from Old English heg "hay" and denu "valley" or dun "hill".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Hayden in English. Counting Hayden and these spellings together, about 145,708 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Hayden, 23.1% were girls and 76.9% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Hayden rose from 0% in the 1910s to 28.8% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Hayden alive today is about 17 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Hayden first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2008, to 8,611 babies. In 2025, 2,975 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Hayden never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #71, in 2007, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 2002 to 2011. In 2025 it ranked #161. Among girls, its best rank was #127, in 2008.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #161 | #437 |
| Best rank | #71 (2007) | #127 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2002 to 2011) | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #87 in the 2000s | #207 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Hayden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Hayden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 13,360 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Hayden was given 2.7 times as often in Wyoming, 2.3 times in Arkansas and 2.2 times in Montana.
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