Raiden
Raiden was the 432nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 739 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 353rd with 935 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 39 places. More babies were named Raiden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it RAY-din /ˈreɪdən/
- Rank in 2025
- #432 boys, down 29 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 739boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022935 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,141babies recorded
What does the name Raiden mean?
Raiden is a modern American boy's name. Wiktionary suggests it is a variant of Rayden or a coinage rhyming with Braiden and Jaiden. It matches Japanese raiden, "thunder and lightning", and the thunder god Raiden of the Mortal Kombat video games (1992 onward), which likely helped its spread, but no source documents this as its origin.
How sure is this? Not documented. A coinage; the Japanese word is a possible influence only.
Related names: Rayden, Jaden, Braiden.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Raiden', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Raiden popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 460 since 2003, 18 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #432 | 739 |
| 2020 | #403 | 747 |
| 2010 | #639 | 378 |
| 2000 | #2,566 | 37 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Raiden, counting every spelling?
Raiden is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #314 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #432 for Raiden on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,126 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiden | 739 | #432 | 3,974 |
| Rayden | 297 | #833 | 1,756 |
| Raidyn | 40 | #3,075 | 181 |
| Raeden | 12 | #7,095 | 83 |
| Raydon | 8 | #9,508 | 45 |
| Raydan | 10 | #8,098 | 42 |
| Reiden | 6 | #11,703 | 34 |
| Raidan | 6 | #11,683 | 28 |
| Raydin | 8 | #9,507 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Raiden?
739 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Raiden (0.20 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Raiden born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Raiden.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Raiden?
About 12,600 people born in the US named Raiden are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Raiden a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Raiden by state
How common Raiden was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (4.2×), Alaska (3.8×), Montana (2.7×), West Virginia (2.5×), Nevada (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Kansas, New Jersey, Massachusetts.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Raiden: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Raiden, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Raiden · Sibling names for Raiden
Questions about the name Raiden
How popular is the name Raiden?
Raiden was the 432nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 739 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 353rd with 935 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 39 places. More babies were named Raiden in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Raiden a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Raiden in the US.
Where is Raiden most popular?
In 2021–2025, Raiden was most common in Hawaii (1.93 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alaska and Montana.