Is Jaidan a boy or girl name?

Jaidan is a unisex name. Of the 1,653 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 35.1% were girls and 64.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2006, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jaidan

Recorded 1994–2025 · United States

Jaidan was most popular in 2005, when 136 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,665 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,653 people named Jaidan.

Jaidan over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jaidan’s peak in 2005. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jaidan a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jaidan is a unisex name — 35.1% of the 1,653 Americans given it were girls and 64.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2006 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Jaidan

Where Jaidan is most concentrated

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