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Haden

Recorded 1914–2025 · United States

Haden was most popular in 2006, when 239 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,889 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,878, with 30 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,053 people named Haden.

Most popular in2006
Rank that year#1,889
Births that year239
Total since 18804,053
Given to96% boys
Alive today~3,000
Median age22

Haden over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Haden’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Haden?

Haden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 78 of the 112 years since.

How many people are named Haden?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,053 American births named Haden 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 3,769 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Haden in 2025?

30 American babies were named Haden in 2025, ranking #7,878 that year.

Is Haden getting more or less popular?

Haden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 28 births a year, against 76 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -63% 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.

Is Haden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Haden is a boy’s name — 4.1% of the 4,053 Americans given it were girls and 95.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% 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.

How old is someone named Haden?

Roughly 3,769 Americans named Haden are alive today — 93% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 17 and 27. That is a narrow band: Haden 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.

Origin

A variant of Hayden · Old English · "hay valley"

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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