Given name & surname
Baden
“one who bathes”
Baden is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “one who bathes.”
Original GermanBaade
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “one who bathes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 393
- 393 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −84%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 445 as a first name in 2020; 1,852 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baden’s family of names
Baden has a related form in Badan. Baden has a related form in Badin. Baden has a related form in Badon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Baden
- Baden CookeAustralian cyclistborn 1978
- Baden PowellBrazilian musician (1937-2000)
- Baden PowellEnglish mathematician (1796-1860)
- Baden Baden-PowellEnglish aviator (1860-1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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