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Boy · Modern American coinage
Jayden
Say it: JAY-dun
Meaning
A modern American coinage combining Jay with the ending of names like Aiden and Hayden. Claims that it is Hebrew 'thankful' (through biblical Jadon) are doubtful.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Rare before the mid-1990s, it was in the US top ten around 2010.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2010s
In the United States
- 246,229 babies given this name since 1977
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 112 boys
- 7,230 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jaden, Jaiden, Jaydon
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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