How Many People Are Named Paden?
people named Paden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 176,541 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,981 babies named Paden in Social Security records from 1985 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
79 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
An invented name, using the popular aden suffix sound found in such names as Braden, Hayden and Aidan. It is sometimes considered a derivative of the surname PADDON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Paden, 10.1% were girls and 89.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Paden alive today is about 23 years old, and 68% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Paden first appears in the records in 1985 and was given most often in 1992, to 79 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1985 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Paden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,091, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #5,549.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,549 |
| Best rank | #1,091 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,209 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Paden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Paden were born in Texas than in any other state: about 201 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Paden was given about 6.1 times as often in Texas.
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