Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Hayden was most popular in 2008, when 8,611 American babies were given the name — ranking #74 that year. In 2025 it ranked #215, with 2,975 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 147,508 people named Hayden.
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Hayden is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 140 of the 146 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 147,508 American births named Hayden 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 143,546 are estimated to be alive today.
2,975 American babies were named Hayden in 2025, ranking #215 that year.
Hayden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 3,145 births a year, against 5,026 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -37% 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 Hayden is a unisex name — 22.7% of the 147,508 Americans given it were girls and 77.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% 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 143,546 Americans named Hayden are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 11 and 23. That is a narrow band because Hayden is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
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.
Old English · "hay valley"
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