Zaydan
Zaydan was the 2478th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 670 places. More babies were named Zaydan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Zayden) Origin not documented
- Rank in 2025
- #2,478 boys, up 501 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 55boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202555 babies
- Total since 1880
- 695babies recorded
What does the name Zaydan mean?
Zaydan is a spelling of Zayden, pronounced the same way, so it shares Zayden's meaning and origin.
Zayden is a 21st-century American coinage. Wiktionary describes it as rhyming with Jayden, Brayden, Aidan and similar names, made by putting a Z at the front of the popular -ayden ending. Wikipedia calls it a variant of Aidan and notes that it entered use in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It has no older meaning of its own; any meaning given for it is borrowed from Aidan or from other names.
How sure is this? Not documented. A modern rhyming coinage; no documented meaning.
Related names: Zaiden, Zaden, Aidan, Jayden.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Zayden', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Zayden', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Zaydan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,478 | 55 |
| 2020 | #2,979 | 40 |
| 2010 | #4,240 | 24 |
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How popular is Zaydan, counting every spelling?
Zaydan is a spelling of Zayden, a name family that ranked #169 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,478 for Zaydan on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,383 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zayden | 1,657 | #214 | 9,223 |
| Zaiden | 466 | #609 | 2,740 |
| Zaidyn | 80 | #1,941 | 503 |
| Zaydan | 55 | #2,478 | 228 |
| Zaedyn | 39 | #3,126 | 223 |
| Zaydin | 17 | #5,601 | 118 |
| Zaydyn | 13 | #6,798 | 100 |
| Zaydon | 15 | #6,135 | 99 |
| Zaeden | 16 | #5,846 | 98 |
| Zaidan | 10 | #8,234 | 95 |
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 Zaydan?
55 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zaydan (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zaydan 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 152 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zaydan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zaydan?
About 700 people born in the US named Zaydan are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Zaydan 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.
Zaydan by state
How common Zaydan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zaydan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zaydan, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zaydan
How popular is the name Zaydan?
Zaydan was the 2478th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 55 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 670 places. More babies were named Zaydan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Zaydan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zaydan in the US.
Where is Zaydan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zaydan was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and New Jersey.