Is Shaden a boy or girl name?

Shaden is a unisex name. Of the 553 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 44.9% were girls and 55.1% were boys. It changed hands in 2006, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Shaden

Recorded 1991–2023 · United States

Shaden was most popular in 2007, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,177 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 553 people named Shaden.

Shaden over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shaden’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shaden a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shaden is a unisex name — 44.9% of the 553 Americans given it were girls and 55.1% 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 59% girls and 41% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org