How Many People Are Named Haydn?

2,167

people named Haydn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 157,722 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,247 babies named Haydn in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,394

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,385

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Peak Year

2008

124 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (British)
Pronunciation: HAY-dən
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a German surname meaning "heathen". It is used in honour of the Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Haydn in English. Counting Haydn and these spellings together, about 145,708 people alive in the US have the name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
18.4%
Male
81.6%

Of the babies given the name Haydn, 18.4% were girls and 81.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 19.3% of the babies were girls then and 21.8% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Haydn alive today is about 19 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 25 in 2025.

Under 30 1,935
89.3%
30 to 59 223
10.3%
60 and over 10
0.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Haydn first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2008, to 124 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Haydn has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,329, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #5,954. Among girls, its best rank was #4,486, in 2008.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#5,954#15,750
Best rank#1,329 (2003)#4,486 (2008)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,566 in the 2000s#6,707 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Haydn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Haydn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 85 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Haydn was given 2.4 times as often in Texas and 1.4 times in California.

Texas 85
California 68
Ohio 42
Pennsylvania 24
Illinois 22
Michigan 22
Oklahoma 18
Missouri 12
New York 11
North Carolina 10
Florida 10
Indiana 5
Idaho 5
Tennessee 5
Utah 5
Wisconsin 5

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