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Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, Jaden, and (among other variations) are Unisex given names that were rather obscure until the 1990s, when they began to appear on the U.S. Social Security Administration's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names. A name likely of modern invention, Jayden's rank among boys in the United States was 26 , though it peaked at number 4 in 2011.

Etymology

The name is probably a modern invention, formed by blending the "Jay" sound from the 1970s-popular name '' Jason'' with the "den" sound from names like '' Braden'', ''Hayden'', '' Jordan'' and ''Zayden''. The biblical name Jadon (or Yadon), Hebrew for "he will judge", appears in the Bible in Nehemiah 3:7, but it is unlikely to be the source of the modern name.

Usage and popularity

The first ''Jadon'' to appear in the U.S. Census is Jadon Solomon Jones (born 1858) of South Carolina, among a few others of the same name in the 19th century. The first year the SSA listed the name – those names in its annual list must be given to at least five children – was in 1970, when there were five Jadens born. ''Jadon'' appeared in 1973, and ''Jayden'' was first listed in 1977.

The name first appeared on the SSA's list of the 1,000 most popular boys' names in 1994, at number 850. It became dramatically more popular among ethnic minorities in the U.S. thereafter with the naming of Jaden Smith (a variant of Jayden; derived from his mother's name, '' Jada''), the son of two famous actors, in 1998: use of the name about doubled between 1998 and 1999.

Australia saw ''Jayden'' as a top 100 name in the state of Victoria in 1989. In the United States, a decade later, ''Jayden'' rank had risen to 62 and peaked at number 4 in 2011 with 16,979 births. The rank of ''Jayden'' is 26; variants that have peaked are ''Jaden'' (at 74 in 2007), ''Jaiden'' (at 171 in 2009), ''Jadyn'' (at 248 in 2005), ''Jadan'' (at 373 in 2003), and ''Jaidyn'' (at 559 in 2008).These statistics be verified using the Social Security Administration's tool
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The name's and variants' sudden rise in U.S. usage comes from many places: ''J'' names have been historically liked by Americans, and the popularity of two-syllable names ending in ''n'' has increased, as has the frequency of distinctive names.

People

Male

*Jayden Antwi-Nyame (born 1998), English footballer
*Jayden Attard (born 1986), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Brailey (born 1996), Australian rugby league player
*Jayden Hadler (born 1993), Australian swimmer
*Jayden Hayward (born 1993), Australian rugby player
* Jayden Hunt (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Laverde (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Levitt (born 1986), South African-born cricketer
*Jayden Ngamanu (born 1997), Australian rugby union player
* Jayden Nikorima (born 1996), New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
*Jayden Panesso, vocalist for American band Sylar
* Jayden Peevy (born 1999), American football player
*Jayden Pitt (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Post (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
* Jayden Reed (born 2000), American football player
*Jayden Richardson (born 2000), English footballer
*Jayden Sawyer (born 1993), Australian Paralympian
*Jayden Schofield (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Scrubb (born 2000), American basketball player known as Jay Scrubb
* Jayden Short (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
*Jayden Sierra (born 1994), member of Australian band The Collective
*Jayden Stockley (born 1993), English footballer
*Jayden Walker (born 1996), Italian rugby league player
*Jayden Warn (born 1994), Australian wheelchair rugby player
*Jayden X, alias of American political activist John Earle Sullivan (born 1994)
*Jayden Yuan (born 1997), Chinese actor and martial artist

Female

*Jayden Bartels (born 2004), American social media personality, YouTuber, singer, and actress

Other variants

* Jaiden Animations (b. 1997), American YouTuber
*Jadin Bell (1997–2013), American suicide
* Jaidon Codrington (born 1984), American boxer
*Jadyn Douglas (born 1985), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
*Jaeden Graham (born 1995), American football player
*Jaiyden Hunt (born 1998), Australian rugby league footballer
*Jaiden Kaine, Cuban-American actor
*Jadon Lavik (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
*Jaidyn Leskie (1996–1997), murdered Australian child
*Jaeden Martell (born 2003), American actor
*Jadyn Matthews (born 1999), American-born Jamaican footballer
*Jaeden Mercure (born 2003), Canadian soccer player
*Jadon Sancho (born 2000), English footballer
*Jadin Watson, Canadian rapper and musician performing as NorthSideBenji
*Jadin Wong (1913–2010), American singer
*Jadyn Wong, Canadian actress

Fictional characters

*Jayden, name given to Data in "Thine Own Self", a 1994 episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
*Jayden Hoyles, in 2019 Netflix series ''Daybreak''
* Jayden Hunt, in the British soap opera ''Doctors''
*Jayden Johnson, in the 2009 American TV film ''An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong''
*Jayden Shiba, leader in the TV series '' Power Rangers Samurai''
*Jayden Warley, in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
*Norman Jayden, an FBI agent from the video game '' Heavy Rain''

See also

*Jaden, a given name and surname
*Jadin (disambiguation), a surname
* Jaidon River, a river in Romania

References

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