Given name

Jaidan

Jaidan is a given name from Hebrew.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jaidan is a variant of Jaden. Jaden has been associated with Hebrew and English naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jaidan through the years

Babies since 1880
1,653
1,073 boys · 580 girls
Most popular year
2005
136 babies
2025
9
#8,521 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−44%
Cooling
Boys Girls
020406020002025Highest share 2008Boys 5.3Girls 0.0
Jaidan in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, 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.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.

Boys Girls
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Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,521 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 36.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 87 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,266 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.

Jaidan’s family of names

In English usage, Jaidan has a related form in Jayden. Jaidan has a related form in Jaden. In English usage, Jaidan has a related form in Jadon.

Walk Jaidan’s family in the name graph

JaidanJaydenJadenJadonJaidann

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 4

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

Similar names

If you love Jaidan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jaison

20RareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Jalein

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Irish · Modern

Cowan

“from the hollow near the hill; one of twins”

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Jaaron

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Antwaan

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Jaiden

Jaiden is a unisex given name.

57FamiliarCooling

95% boys · 5% girls

Modern

Ryhan

0Not recently recorded

84% boys · 16% girls

Modern

Joedon

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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