Recorded 1990–2025 · United States
Caiden was most popular in 2008, when 1,445 American babies were given the name — ranking #487 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,217, with 475 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 23,862 people named Caiden.
Caiden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1990, which makes it about 35 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 34 of the 36 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 23,862 American births named Caiden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 23,631 are estimated to be alive today.
475 American babies were named Caiden in 2025, ranking #1,217 that year.
Caiden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 620 births a year, against 1,296 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -52% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Caiden is a boy’s name — 2.2% of the 23,862 Americans given it were girls and 97.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 23,631 Americans named Caiden are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 9 and 18. That is a narrow band: Caiden arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org