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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shayden

Shayden was the 6092nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2180th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,413 places. More babies were named Shayden in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#6,092 boys, down 2,375 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
15boys
Girls and boys
12% girls, 88% boys2021–2025
Peak year
200862 babies
Total since 1880
1,264babies recorded

Shayden popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#6,092—15
2020—#3,717—29
2010#7,831#2,4651651
2000#7,108#3,4071525
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How popular is Shayden, counting every spelling?

Shayden is the most common spelling of a name family that had 15 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 15 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Shayden15#6,09291

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 Shayden?

15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shayden (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Shayden 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shayden.

Chance of another Shayden in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Shayden?

About 1,000 people born in the US named Shayden are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 12 and 22. That makes Shayden mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shayden: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shayden, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shayden

How popular is the name Shayden?

Shayden was the 6092nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2008, when it ranked 2180th with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,413 places. More babies were named Shayden in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Shayden a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 12% girls, 88% boys given the name Shayden in the US.