Jayden Explained
Jayden, Jadin, Jadyn, Jaiden, and Jaden (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,[1] but it is unlikely to be the source of the modern name.[2]
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.[2] 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[3] 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:[4] use of the name about doubled between 1998 and 1999.[2]
Australia saw Jayden as a top 100 name in the state of Victoria in 1989.[2] 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).[5]
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.[6]
People
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- Jayden Sawyer (born 1993), Australian paralympic athlete
- Jayden Schaper (born 2001), South African golfer
- Jayden Schofield (born 1992), Australian rules footballer
- Jayden Scrubb (born 2000), American basketball player
- Jayden Seales (born 2001), Trinidadian cricketer
- Jayden Short (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
- Jayden Stockley (born 1993), English footballer
- Jayden Struble (born 2001), American ice hockey player
- Jayden Sullivan (born 2001), Australian rugby league footballer
- Jayden Sweeney (born 2001), English footballer
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- Jayden Yuan (born 1997), Chinese actor and martial artist
Other variants
- Jaiden Animations (born 1997), American YouTuber
- Jaidon Anthony (born 1999), English footballer
- Jaidon Codrington (born 1984), American boxer
- Jaydn Denly (born 2006), English cricketer
- Jadyn Douglas (born 1985), Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
- Jaidynn Diore Fierce (born 1988/1989), American drag performer
- Jaeden Graham (born 1995), American football player
- Jaydon Grant (born 1998), American football player
- Jadon Haselwood (born 2001), American football player
- Jaiyden Hunt (born 1998), Australian rugby league footballer
- Jaiden Kaine, Cuban-American actor
- Jaiden Kucharski (born 2002), Australian footballer
- Jadon Lavik (born 1978), American singer-songwriter
- Jaedon LeDee (born 1999), American basketball player
- Jaeden Martell (born 2003), American actor
- Jadyn Matthews (born 1999), Jamaican-American footballer
- Jaeden Mercure (born 2003), Canadian soccer player
- Jaydn Ott (born 2002), American football player
- Jaydon Paddock (born 2001), British trampoline gymnast
- Jadon Sancho (born 2000), English footballer
- Jaedyn Shaw (born 2004), American soccer player
- Jaidyn Stephenson (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
- Jaydn Su'a (born 1997), Samoan rugby league footballer
- Jaiden Waggoner (born 1997), American soccer player
- 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
Notes and References
- http://bible.cc/nehemiah/3-7.htm Nehemiah 3:7
- Web site: Cleveland Evans: Jaden likely a combination of Jason, Braden. Evans. Cleveland. July 8, 2014. Omaha World-Herald. January 13, 2017.
- Web site: Mayor Bloomberg Announces Isabella And Jayden Are 2011's Most Popular Baby Names For Third Year In A Row. August 29, 2012. Marca. La Vorgna. Samantha. Levine. City of New York. November 26, 2017.
- Web site: For Baby Names, Jayden Rises to the Top. Jennifer 8.. Lee. Jennifer 8. Lee. The New York Times. December 2, 2009. November 26, 2017.
- These statistics be verified using the Social Security Administration's tool "Popularity of a Name". Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- Web site: Most Popular Baby Name Starts with M (or Is It J?). Jennifer 8.. Lee. Jennifer 8. Lee. October 12, 2007. The New York Times. November 26, 2017.
