Given name
Raidan
“one who provides counsel”
Raidan is a variant of Raedan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who provides counsel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raidan is a variant of Raedan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who provides counsel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raidan is a variant of Raedan. An origin associated with Raedan is Anglo-Saxon.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raidan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 79 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,683 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,683 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2014.
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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