Jayden


Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden are unisex given names.

Etymology

The modern name invention of Jayden in many scenarios is probably thought of by various other names including blending the "Jay" Jason with the "den" sound from names like Braden, Hayden, Jordan and Zayden.
The biblical name Jadon, Hebrew for "God will judge', appears in the Bible in Nehemiah 3:7.

Usage and popularity

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, 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 Victoria 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 as of 2017 is 26; variants that have peaked are Jaden, Jaiden, Jadyn, Jadan, and Jaidyn.
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

A

  • Jayden Adams, South African footballer
  • Jayden Addai, Dutch footballer
  • Jayden Antwi-Nyame, English footballer
  • Jayden Atkinson, Australian field hockey player
  • Jayden Attard, Australian rules footballer

    B

  • Jayden Bartels, American social media personality
  • Jayden Bennetts, English footballer
  • Jayden Berrell, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jayden Bezzant, New Zealand basketball player
  • Jayden Bogle, English footballer
  • Jayden Braaf, Dutch footballer
  • Jayden Brailey, Australian rugby league player
  • Jaden Baker, American actor

    C

  • Jayden Campbell, Australian rugby league player
  • Jayden Clarke, English footballer

    D

  • Jayden Da, American soccer player
  • Jayden Dalke, Canadian football player
  • Jayden Daniels, American football player
  • Jayden Danns, English footballer
  • Jayden Davis, English footballer
  • Jayden de Laura, American football player
  • Jayden Denegal, American football player
  • Jaiden Dittfach, better known as Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber and animator

    E

  • Jayden El-Jalkh, Lebanese-Australian rugby league footballer

    F

  • Jayden Fevrier, English footballer

    G

  • Jayden Gardner, American basketball player
  • Jayden Goodwin, Australian cricketer
  • Jayden Gorman, Australian footballer
  • Jayden Greig, Canadian actor

    H

  • Jayden Hadler, Australian swimmer
  • Jayden Halbgewachs, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jayden Harris, English footballer
  • Jayden Harrison, American football player
  • Jayden Hayward, New Zealand rugby union player
  • Jayden Hibbert, American soccer player
  • Jayden Higgins, American football player
  • Jayden Hodges, Australian rugby player
  • Jayden Hunt, Australian rules footballer

    L

  • Jayden Laverde, Australian rules footballer
  • Jayden Leader, Australian footballer
  • Jayden Lennox, New Zealand cricketer
  • Jayden Levitt, South African cricketer

    M

  • Jayden Maiava, American football player
  • Jayden McGowan, American football player
  • Jayden Meghoma, English footballer
  • Jayden Mitchell-Lawson, English footballer
  • Jayden Murray, American baseball player

    N

  • Jayden Nelson, Canadian soccer player
  • Jayden Ngamanu, Australian rugby union player
  • Jayden Nikorima, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

    O

  • Jayden Ojeda, Australian racing driver
  • Jayden Okunbor, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jayden Onen, English footballer
  • Jayden Oosterwolde, Dutch footballer

    P

  • Jayden Peevy, American football player
  • Jayden Pitt, Australian rules footballer
  • Jayden Post, Australian rules footballer

    Q

  • Jayden Quaintance, American basketball player

    R

  • Jayden Reed, American football player
  • Jayden Reid, English footballer
  • Jayden Reid , American soccer player
  • Jayden Revri, English actor
  • Jayden Richardson, English footballer

    S

  • Jayden Sawyer, Australian paralympic athlete
  • Jayden Schaper, South African golfer
  • Jayden Schofield, Australian rules footballer
  • Jayden Scrubb, American basketball player
  • Jayden Seales, Trinidadian cricketer
  • Jayden Sellers, American football player
  • Jayden Short, Australian rules footballer
  • Jayden Stockley, English footballer
  • Jayden Struble, American ice hockey player
  • Jayden Sullivan, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jayden Sweeney, English footballer

    T

  • Jayden Tanner, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jayden Thomas, American football player
  • Jayden Turfkruier, Dutch footballer

    W

  • Jayden Walker, Italian rugby league player
  • Jayden Wareham, English footballer
  • Jayden Warn, Australian wheelchair rugby player

    Y

  • Jayden Yuan, Chinese actor and martial artist

    Other variants

  • Jaiden Animations, American YouTuber
  • Jaidon Anthony, English footballer
  • Jadon Canady, American football player
  • Jaidon Codrington, American boxer
  • Jadyn Davis, American football player
  • Jaydn Denly, English cricketer
  • Jadyn Douglas, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
  • Jaidynn Diore Fierce, American drag performer
  • Jaeden Graham, American football player
  • Jaydon Grant, American football player
  • Jadon Haselwood, American football player
  • Jaiyden Hunt, Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jaiden Kaine, Cuban-American actor
  • Jaiden Kucharski, Australian footballer
  • Jadon Lavik, American singer-songwriter
  • Jaedon LeDee, American basketball player
  • Jaeden Martell, American actor
  • Jadyn Matthews, Jamaican-American footballer
  • Jaeden Mercure, Canadian soccer player
  • Jaydn Ott, American football player
  • Jaydon Paddock, British trampoline gymnast
  • Jadon Philogene , English footballer
  • Jadon Sancho, English footballer
  • Jaedyn Shaw, American soccer player
  • Jaidyn Stephenson, Australian rules footballer
  • Jaydn Su'a, Samoan rugby league footballer
  • Jaiden Waggoner, American soccer player
  • Jadin Wong, 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
  • 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''