Given name & surname

Iden

“one who is prosperous; wealthy”

Iden is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who is prosperous; wealthy.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “one who is prosperous; wealthy.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Iden through the years

Babies since 1880
476
471 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2014
42 babies
2025
8
#9,224 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−32%
Easing
Boys Girls
0102030198020002025Highest share 2014Boys 4.7Girls 0.0
Iden in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1976–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,224 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 as a first name in 2020; 796 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.

Iden’s family of names

Iden has a related form in Idin. Iden has a related form in Idon. Iden has a related form in Idun.

Walk Iden’s family in the name graph

IdenIdinIdunIdonIdyn

The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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