Jaydan
The Story of Jaydan
As a girl name
Jaydan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1997, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2005: 54 births, good for #2,969 nationwide. About 69% of every Jaydan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jaydan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 585 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Jaydan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 249 births, good for #856 nationwide. About 43% of every Jaydan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaydan ranks #2,967 for boys with 42 births, falling sharply (-36%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jaydan
Jaydan is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Jaydan's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #856. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaydan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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