Girl or boy · Old English
Hayden
Say it: HAY-dun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from places named Haydon, Old English hēg 'hay' and dūn 'hill'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used for American boys from the 1990s and increasingly for girls.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 131,673 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2008, about 1 in 343 boys
- 3,224 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Haden, Haydn
Famous bearers
- Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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