Spellings
Kayden or Kaiden?
In the US in 2025, 48% of babies in this name family were spelled Kayden and 27% Kaiden. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Kayden already led in 2015, with 40% of the family's births; it has 48% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 10,649 to 5,558 births (−48%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kayden | 4,263 | 2,678 | −37% |
| Kaiden | 3,031 | 1,476 | −51% |
| Cayden | 1,869 | 774 | −59% |
| Caiden | 1,295 | 475 | −63% |
| Keyden | 35 | 88 | ×3 |
| Kaidyn | 156 | 67 | −57% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkeɪdən/ (KAY-dun). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Kayden 865 births (#66 among boys), Kaiden 40 births (#920 among boys), Cayden 60 births (#668 among boys) and Keyden 145 births (#344 among boys). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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