Kayden is a boy's name of English origin meaning “son of Cadán.” In 2024 it was given to 2,882 boys in the United States.
Kayden belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “son of Cadán” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kayden first appears in Social Security records in 1989. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #90 in 2014, and in 2024 2,882 babies received the name — 70,872 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kayden means “son of Cadán” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kayden is a boy name. In 2024, 2,882 babies received the name in the US.
Kayden comes from the English & American tradition.
Kayden first appears in US records in 1989. Its best-ever ranking was #90 in 2014, and 2,882 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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