Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Caidan isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Caidan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 391 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,892 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,892 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 371 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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