Given name
Raydan
“one who provides counsel”
Raydan is a variant of Raedan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who provides counsel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raydan is a variant of Raedan. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “one who provides counsel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raydan 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 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raydan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 137
- 137 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,098 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +31%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,098 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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