Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Paden 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 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Paden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,981
- 1,783 boys · 198 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 79 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,551 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 95% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,551 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 78 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,764 as a first name in 2020; 3,812 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.
Paden’s family of names
In Manx usage, Paden has a conventional equivalent in the French form Patrick.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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