Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden (among other variations) are

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that were rather obscure until the 1990s, when they began to appear on the U.S.

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's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. A name likely of modern invention, Jayden's rank among boys in the United States was 26 , though it peaked at number 4 in 2011.

Etymology

The name is probably a modern invention, formed by blending the "Jay" sound from the 1970s-popular name ''

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'' with the "den" sound from names like '' Braden'', ''

Hayden Hayden may refer to: Places Inhabited places in the United States * Hayden, Alabama *Hayden, Arizona *Hayden's Ferry, former name of Tempe, Arizona *Hayden, California, former name of Hayden Hill, California *Hayden, Colorado *Hayden, Idaho *Hayde ...

'', ''

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'' and '' Zayden''. The biblical name

Jadon Jadon is a Hebrew given name meaning "God has heard," "thankful" (according to Strong's Concordance), "a judge," or "whom God has judged" and the name of two characters in Biblical history. Jadon the Meronothite Jadon the Meronothite was one of t ...

(or Yadon),

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for "he will judge", appears in the Bible in

Nehemiah Nehemiah (; ''Nəḥemyā'', "Yahweh, Yah comforts") is the central figure of the Book of Nehemiah, which describes his work in rebuilding Jerusalem during the Second Temple period as the governor of Yehud Medinata, Persian Judea under Artaxer ...

3:7, but it is unlikely to be the source of the modern name.

Usage and popularity

The first ''Jadon'' to appear in the U.S. Census is Jadon Solomon Jones (born 1858) of

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, among a few others of the same name in the 19th century. The first year the SSA listed the name – those names in its annual list must be given to at least five children – was in 1970, when there were five Jadens born. ''Jadon'' appeared in 1973, and ''Jayden'' was first listed in 1977. Jaden Smith cropped

The name first appeared on the SSA's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names in 1994, at number 850. It became dramatically more popular among ethnic minorities in the U.S. thereafter with the naming of

Jaden Smith Jaden Christopher Syre Smith (born July 8, 1998) is an American rapper and actor. The son of Jada Pinkett-Smith and Will Smith, he has received various accolades, including a Teen Choice Award, an MTV Movie Award, a BET Award and a Young A ...

(a variant of Jayden; derived from his mother's name, ''

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''), the son of two famous actors, in 1998: use of the name about doubled between 1998 and 1999. Australia saw ''Jayden'' as a top 100 name in the state of

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in 1989. In the United States, a decade later, ''Jayden'' rank had risen to 62 and peaked at number 4 in 2011 with 16,979 births. The rank of ''Jayden'' is 26; variants that have peaked are ''Jaden'' (at 74 in 2007), ''Jaiden'' (at 171 in 2009), ''Jadyn'' (at 248 in 2005), ''Jadan'' (at 373 in 2003), and ''Jaidyn'' (at 559 in 2008).These statistics be verified using the Social Security Administration's tool
Popularity of a Name
. Retrieved July 4, 2018. In 2022, it was the 35th most popular name given to boys in Canada. The name's and variants' sudden rise in U.S. usage comes from many places: ''J'' names have been historically liked by Americans, and the popularity of two-syllable names ending in ''n'' has increased, as has the frequency of distinctive names.

People

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Jayden Adams Jayden Oswin Adams (born 5 May 2001) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division side Mamelodi Sundowns and the South Africa national football team. Career Born in Cape Town, Adams c ...

(born 2001), South African footballer *

Jayden Addai Jayden Osei Addai (born 26 August 2005) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for club Como. Club career Addai began his career with Jong AZ, where he played a key role in winning the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League, notably scoring a pen ...

(born 2005), Dutch footballer *

Jayden Antwi-Nyame Jayden Antwi-Nyame (born 1998) is an English footballer who plays as a forward. Playing career Antwi joined AFC Wimbledon's youth team in 2011 and signed his first professional contract with the club on 28 March 2017. He made his senior debut ...

(born 1998), English footballer *

Jayden Atkinson Jayden Atkinson (born 9 July 2001) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays in the midfield. Personal life Jayden Atkinson was born and raised in Cairns, Queensland. Career Under–21 In 2022, Atkinson made his debut for the Australia U ...

(born 2001), Australian field hockey player *

Jayden Attard Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008. Of Maltese descent, Attard w ...

(born 1986), Australian rules footballer

B

Jayden Bartels Jayden Isabel Bartels (born November 1, 2004) is an American influencer, YouTuber, singer and actress. She is known for her roles on Disney Channel's ''Coop & Cami Ask the World'' and Nickelodeon's ''Side Hustle''. She also made an appearance on ' ...

(born 2004), American social media personality *

Jayden Bennetts Jayden Ugonna Elias Mbaeri Bennetts (born 26 June 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Düren. Career Bennetts came through the academy system at Watford and signed a one-year professional contract at t ...

(born 2001), English footballer * Jayden Berrell (born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer * Jayden Bezzant (born 1996), New Zealand basketball player *

Jayden Bogle Jayden Ian Bogle (born 27 July 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a right-back or for club Leeds United. Club career Early career Bogle started his career at Southcote Colts then went into the youth set-up at Reading, be ...

(born 2000), English footballer *

Jayden Braaf Jayden Jezairo Braaf (born 31 August 2002) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Hellas Verona. Club career A youth product of Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Manchester City, on 1 February 2021, Braaf joined Italia ...

(born 2002), Dutch footballer * Jayden Brailey (born 1996), Australian rugby league player

C

* Jayden Campbell (born 2000), Australian rugby league player *

Jayden Clarke Jayden Clarke (born 8 May 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Forest Green Rovers. Career Early career Clarke played for Tottenham Hotspur's academy. After playing for Bedfont Sports, he joined Hendon in Au ...

(born 2001), English footballer

D

Jayden Da Jayden Da (born April 8, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays for New England Revolution II in MLS Next Pro. Early life Da was born in Boston and also lived in West Africa for eight years during his youth, before returning to the Unite ...

(born 2002), American soccer player * Jayden Dalke (born 1996), Canadian football player *

Jayden Daniels Jayden Daniels (born December 18, 2000) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Daniels is considered a dual-threat player, being adept at both pa ...

(born 2000), American football player * Jayden Danns (born 2006), English footballer * Jayden Davis (born 2001), English footballer *

Jayden de Laura Jayden de Laura (born August 11, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League (IFL). He played college football for the Washington State Cougars football team before transferring to the Arizo ...

(born 2001), American football player * Jaiden Dittfach (born 1997), better known as Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber and animator

E

* Jayden El-Jalkh (born 1997), Lebanese-Australian rugby league footballer

F

* Jayden Fevrier (born 2003), English footballer

G

Jayden Gardner Jayden David Darrel Gardner (born May 14, 2000) is an American professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete ...

(born 2000), American basketball player *Jayden Gengan (born 2000), South African cricketer * Jayden Goodwin (born 2001), Australian cricketer * Jayden Gorman (born 2003), Australian footballer *

Jayden Greig Jayden Greig (born October 19, 2003) is a Canadian actor best known for his lead role in Sean McNamara's film adaptation of Bruce Coville's novel, Aliens Ate My Homework on Netflix, and its sequel, Aliens Stole My Body. Jayden has also appe ...

(born 2003), Canadian actor

H

Jayden Hadler Jayden Hadler (born 23 September 1993) is an Australian competitive swimmer. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were a ...

(born 1993), Australian swimmer * Jayden Halbgewachs (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jayden Harris Jayden John Lloyd Harris (born 4 September 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Sutton United. Career Harris began his career with Fulham whom he joined at the age of ten, progressing through the ranks to regularly ...

(born 1999), English footballer * Jayden Hayward (born 1987), New Zealand rugby union player *

Jayden Hibbert Jayden Hibbert (born August 5, 2004) is a professional soccer player who plays for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United. Born in the United States, he represents Jamaica at international level. Early life Hibbert played youth soccer with Pl ...

(born 2004), American soccer player *

Jayden Higgins Jayden William Higgins (born December 15, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Iowa State Cyclones ...

(born 2002), American football player * Jayden Hodges (born 1993), Australian rugby player *

Jayden Hunt Jayden Hunt (born 3 April 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Melbourne Football Club. A defender, Hunt plays primarily ...

(born 1995), Australian rules footballer

L

* Jayden Laverde (born 1996), Australian rules footballer *

Jayden Leader Jayden Leader (born 4 April 2003) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Armadale SC. He made his professional debut in a FFA Cup playoff match against Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is ...

(born 2003), Australian footballer * Jayden Lennox (born 1994), New Zealand cricketer * Jayden Levitt (born 1986), South African cricketer

M

*Jayden Martin (born 2002), Antiguan footballer * Jayden McGowan, American football player * Jayden Meghoma (born 2006), English footballer * Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (born 1999), English footballer * Jayden Murray (born 1997), American baseball player

N

* Jayden Nelson (born 2002), Canadian soccer player * Jayden Ngamanu (born 1997), Australian rugby union player * Jayden Nikorima (born 1996), New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

O

Jayden Ojeda Jayden Gabriel Ojeda (born 31 July 1999) is an Australian racing driver from Sydney, Australia. He is currently competing in the Super2 Series, Dunlop Super2 Series with MW Motorsport, driving the No. 31 Nissan Altima, Nissan Altima L33.Herrero ...

(born 1999), Australian racing driver *

Jayden Okunbor Jayden Okunbor (born 2 March 1997) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er and forward for Bradford Bulls in the RFL Championship. Background Okunbor was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Zim ...

(born 1997), Australian rugby league footballer *

Jayden Onen Jayden Roy Onen (born 17 February 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for USL League One club FC Naples. Onen is a product of the Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Brighton & Hove Albion academies and bega ...

(born 2001), English footballer *

Jayden Oosterwolde Jayden Quinn Oosterwolde (born 26 April 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left-back or centre-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe. Club career Early career Oosterwolde began his career with local club ZAC before moving to ...

(born 2001), Dutch footballer

P

* Jayden Peevy (born 1999), American football player * Jayden Pitt (born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Jayden Post (born 1989), Australian rules footballer

Q

Jayden Quaintance Jayden Quaintance (born July 11, 2007) is an American Basketball player currently playing for the University of Kentucky Wildcats. Early life and high school Quaintance grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona before the start o ...

(born 2007), American basketball player

R

* Jayden Reed (born 2000), American football player *

Jayden Reid Jayden Reid may refer to: * Jayden Reid (English footballer) (born 2001), English football winger for IFK Mariehamn * Jayden Reid (American soccer) (born 2001), American soccer left-back for St. Louis City SC See also * Jayden Reed (born 2000 ...

(born 2001), English footballer * Jayden Reid (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player * Jayden Revri (born 1999), English actor * Jayden Richardson (born 2000), English footballer

S

Jayden Sawyer Jayden Sawyer (born 26 September 1993) is an Australian para athlete who competes mainly in the Paralympic athletics, F38 category in throwing events. He won has won gold and bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships. He competed ...

(born 1993), Australian paralympic athlete * Jayden Schaper (born 2001), South African golfer * Jayden Schofield (born 1992), Australian rules footballer * Jayden Scrubb (born 2000), American basketball player *

Jayden Seales Jayden Nigel Tristen Seales (born 10 September 2001) is a Trinidadian cricketer who is mainly a right-arm fast medium bowler. Seales made his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in June 2021. Career He made his Twenty20 debut o ...

(born 2001), Trinidadian cricketer *

Jayden Short Jayden Short (born 24 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was a premiership player with Richmond in 2019 and 2020, and in 2020 won the clu ...

(born 1996), Australian rules footballer *

Jayden Stockley Jayden Connor Stockley (born 15 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Port Vale. He is a target forward and has excellent heading skills. Stockley came through the youth system at AFC Bournemou ...

(born 1993), English footballer *

Jayden Struble Jayden Struble (born September 8, 2001) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in the second round, 46th overall, by the Canadiens in the 2019 NHL entry dr ...

(born 2001), American ice hockey player * Jayden Sullivan (born 2001), Australian rugby league footballer * Jayden Sweeney (born 2001), English footballer

T

Jayden Tanner Jayden Tanner (born 25 July 2000) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played as a for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship. Background Tanner was born in Sydney, New South Wales. While attending Patrician Bro ...

(born 2000), Australian rugby league footballer *

Jayden Thomas Jayden Gerand Phillip Thomas (born October 18, 2002) is an American college football wide receiver for the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. High school career Tho ...

(born 2002), American football player *

Jayden Turfkruier Jayden Turfkruier (born 25 September 2002) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club SC Telstar, Telstar. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national football team, Suriname national t ...

(born 2002), Dutch footballer

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* Jayden Walker (born 1996), Italian rugby league player * Jayden Wareham (born 2003), English footballer * Jayden Warn (born 1994), Australian wheelchair rugby player

Y

* Jayden Yuan (born 1997), Chinese actor and martial artist

Other variants

Jaiden Animations Jaiden Dittfach (born September 27, 1997) is an American YouTuber and animator known for her story-time animations channel, Jaiden Animations. She makes videos on a variety of topics, spanning from personal life experiences to video game storie ...

(born 1997), American YouTuber *

Jaidon Anthony Jaidon Kya Denley Anthony (born 1 December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for club Burnley. Club career Early career Born in Hackney, London, Anthony spent ten years in Arsenal's academy, alon ...

(born 1999), English footballer *

Jaidon Codrington Jaidon "The Don" Codrington (born June 5, 1984 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is an American professional boxer. He fights at Light Heavyweight out of Queens, New York and had a record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 wins by knockout. A contestant ...

(born 1984), American boxer * Jadyn Davis (born 2005), American football player * Jaydn Denly (born 2006), English cricketer *

Jadyn Douglas Jadyn Douglas (previously known as Jadyn Maria; born April 20, 1985) is a Puerto Rican singer. At the age of seventeen, she was signed to EMI and later to Universal Motown in 2008, releasing a few singles to little commercial success. Douglas t ...

(born 1985), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter *

Jaidynn Diore Fierce Jaidynn Diore Fierce is the stage name of Christopher Williams, an American drag performer who competed on season 7 of the American television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Williams, who is originally from Tennessee, lives and works in Nash ...

(born 1988/1989), American drag performer * Jaeden Graham (born 1995), American football player * Jaydon Grant (born 1998), American football player * Jadon Haselwood (born 2001), American football player *

Jaiyden Hunt Jaiyden Hunt (born 20 July 1998) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL). Background Hunt was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Hunt has American her ...

(born 1998), Australian rugby league footballer *

Jaiden Kaine Jaiden Kaine is an American actor. He is known for his roles in ''Killing Lincoln (film), Killing Lincoln'' and ''The Vampire Diaries (TV series), The Vampire Diaries''. He has Cuban, Irish, and Antiguan ancestry. He was a member of the military ...

, Cuban-American actor * Jaiden Kucharski (born 2002), Australian footballer * Jadon Lavik (born 1978), American singer-songwriter *

Jaedon LeDee Jaedon Herbert LeDee (born July 25, 1999) is an American professional basketball player for the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the TCU Horned Frogs, and the San Diego State Aztec ...

(born 1999), American basketball player *

Jaeden Martell Jaeden Martell ( né Lieberher; born January 4, 2003) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor, with roles in the comedy drama '' St. Vincent'' (2014) and science fiction film '' Midnight Special'' (2016). His performance in ''S ...

(born 2003), American actor * Jadyn Matthews (born 1999), Jamaican-American footballer * Jaeden Mercure (born 2003), Canadian soccer player * Jaydn Ott (born 2002), American football player * Jaydon Paddock (born 2001), British trampoline gymnast *

Jadon Sancho Jadon Malik Sancho (born 25 March 2000) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger for Premier League club Chelsea F.C., Chelsea, on loan from Manchester United F.C., Manches ...

(born 2000), English footballer *

Jaedyn Shaw Jaedyn Reese Shaw, OLY (born November 20, 2004) is an American professional association football, soccer player who plays as a forward (association football), forward or attacking midfielder for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's ...

(born 2004), American soccer player * Jaidyn Stephenson (born 1999), Australian rules footballer *

Jaydn Su'a Jaydn Su'A (born 23 October 1997) is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the St George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos and South Sydney ...

(born 1997), Samoan rugby league footballer *

Jaiden Waggoner Jaiden Waggoner (born February 3, 1997) is an American soccer player. Career College & Amateur Waggoner began playing college soccer at Brigham Young University, where he played soccer with the college team in the USL PDL. In his sophomo ...

(born 1997), American soccer player *

Jadin Wong Jadin Wong (May 24, 1913 – March 30, 2010) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and comedian. Early life Wong was born near Stockton, California, after which the family moved to San Francisco. She started singing in public at six y ...

(1913–2010), American singer * Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress

Fictional characters

* Jayden, name given to Data in " Thine Own Self", a 1994 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' * Jayden Hoyles, in 2019 Netflix series ''Daybreak'' *

, in the British soap opera ''Doctors'' * Jayden Johnson, in the 2009 American TV film ''An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong'' * Jayden Shiba, leader in the TV series ''

Power Rangers Samurai ''Power Rangers Samurai'' is the eighteenth season of the children's television series ''Power Rangers'', which is based on the Japanese ''Super Sentai Series''. The season was the first to be produced by Saban Capital Group, SCG Power Rangers, a ...

'' *

Jayden Warley ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven (TV channel), Eleven. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the soap in 2013, by o ...

, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Norman Jayden, an FBI agent from the video game ''

Heavy Rain ''Heavy Rain'' is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. A port to the PlayStation 4 was released in 2016 while a port to Windows published by Quantic ...

References

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