Jayden

The name is probably a modern invention, formed by blending the "Jay" sound from the 1970s-popular name Jason with the "den" sound from names like Braden, Hayden, Jordan and Zayden.[1] The biblical name Jadon (or Yadon), Hebrew for "he will judge", appears in the Bible in Nehemiah 3:7,[2] but it is unlikely to be the source of the modern name.[1]

The first Jadon to appear in the U.S. Census is Jadon Solomon Jones (born 1858) of South Carolina, 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.[1]

Jaden Smith at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize concert

The name first appeared on the SSA's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names in 1994, at number 850.[3] It became dramatically more popular among ethnic minorities[4] in the U.S. thereafter with the naming of Jaden Smith (a variant of Jayden; derived from his mother's name, Jada),[5] the son of two famous actors, in 1998:[5] use of the name about doubled between 1998 and 1999.[1]

Australia saw Jayden as a top 100 name in the state of Victoria in 1989.[1] In the United States, a decade later, Jayden's rank had risen to 62 and peaked at number 4 in 2011 with 16,979 births. The rank of Jayden as of 2017 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).[3]

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.[6]

• Jadin Bell (1997–2013), American suicide
• Jaidon Codrington (born 1984), American boxer
• Jaiden Dittfach (b. 1997), American YouTuber better known as Jaiden Animations
• Jadyn Douglas (born 1985), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
• Jaeden Graham (born 1995), American football player
• Jaydon Grant (born 1998), American football player
• Jaiyden Hunt (born 1998), Australian rugby league footballer
• Jaiden Kaine, Cuban-American actor
• Jadon Lavik (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
• Jaidyn Leskie (1996–1997), murdered Australian child
• Jaeden Martell (born 2003), American actor
• Jadyn Matthews (born 1999), American-born Jamaican footballer
• Jaeden Mercure (born 2003), Canadian soccer player
• Jadon Sancho (born 2000), English footballer
• Jadin Watson, Canadian rapper and musician performing as NorthSideBenji
• Jadin Wong (1913–2010), American singer
• Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress

• 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
• Jayden Hunt, 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
• Jayden Warley, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Norman Jayden, an FBI agent from the video game Heavy Rain

• Jaden
• Jadin (disambiguation)
• Jaidon River