PART 1: The 2013 Ultimate -aiden Guide & Beyond (-aiden / -yden)

This is Part 1 of 5 of the The 2013 Ultimate -aiden Guide & Beyond

PART 1: The 2013 Ultimate -aiden Guide & Beyond (-aiden / -yden)

Note: Many of these names are real names that are correctly spelled. Just because they are listed does not mean they are bad names. There are many you may not agree with on the list—that you think don't belong. That is okay. I don't necessarily "agree" with all of the spelling variants (whether they should be included in each section), but I was trying to think like some of these people where (pronunciation wise). There are also probably some missing, because my head was spinning at the end. Feel free to mention any I missed and I will add them. Please excuse any math errors—I will go over them later...they are probably there.

Soon to come: -aylan, -ylan, "Cameron," "Camden," -ace, -ason, -ax, -axson/-ackson, -xton, -ston, -ayton, -ade

THE -AIDENS

Aiden 13527
Ayden 6035
Aidan 2640
Aden 1096
Adan 866
Aydin 329
Aydan 248
Aidyn 221
Aaden 200
Aedan 165
Aayden 144
Adin 109
Adyn 85
Aaiden 75
Aydenn 75
Aiyden 67
Aeden 56
Aydon 40

Adon 36
Aedyn 35
Aydyn 31
Aadyn 27

Aidin 25

Aidon 24
Aydden 20
Aidden 18
Ayeden 17
Ayiden 16
Adden 15

Aadan 13
Aydn 13
Aaidyn 11
Aidenn 11
Aadon 9
Adynn 9
Aedin 9
Aidynn 8
Aedon 7
Aadin 6
Aiiden 5
Aiydan 5
TOTAL: 26,348 (2012: 28,590)
VARIANTS: 41 (2012: 43)

Bayden 20
Baden 13
Baiden 6
TOTAL: 39 (2012: 18)
VARIANTS:  3 (2012: 2)

Brayden 7384
Braden 954
Braydon 583
Braeden 327
Braiden 296
Bradyn 163
Braedyn 118
Braedon 104
Braydan 72
Braydin 65
Breyden 50
Braidyn 31
Braydyn 31
Braedan 30
Breydon 20
Bradan 19
Bradon 19
Braydn 19
Breydan 14
Braidon 12
Bradin 8
Braidan 6
Braedin 5
Breaden 5
Breiden 5
TOTAL: 10,340 (2012: 12,118)
VARIANTS: 25 (2012: 24)

Blayden 48
Bladen 42
Blaiden 14
Bladyn 9
Blaidyn 6
TOTAL: 119 (2012: 114)
VARIANTS: 5 (2012: 4)

Dayden 14
Daiden 12
TOTAL: 26 (2012: 19)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: 2)

Drayden 135
Dreyden 37

Draiden 23
Dredyn 13
Draeden 12
Draedyn 11
Dreden 9
Draden 8
Draydon 8
Dreydon 6
TOTAL: 262 (2012: 311)
VARIANTS: 10 (2012: 14)

Eiden 45

Eidan 23
Eyden 16
Eaden 12
Eydan 10
TOTAL: 106 (2012: 63)
VARIANTS: 5 (2012: 4)

Grayden 117
Graydon 72
Graden 27

Greyden 23
Gradyn 22
Greydon 13

Graiden 7
Graeden 5
TOTAL: 286 (2012: 93)
VARIANTS: 8 (2012: 6)

Kayden 4386
Kaiden 3076
Kaden 2606
Cayden 2369
Caden 2192
Caiden 1285
Kaeden 220
Kaidyn 161
Kadyn 146
Kadin 115
Kaydon 89
Kaydin 86
Caeden 83
Kaidan 75
Kaedyn 69
Caidyn 44
Khayden 44
Kaidon 42
Cadyn 40

Kaydan 37
Caydon 34
Kadon 30
Kadan 29
Khaidyn 28
Keyden 25
Kaedon 24
Kden 22
Keiden 22
Caedyn 21
Khaiden 21
Khaden 20
Caydin 19
Kaydenn 18
Kaidin 17
Kaedan 16
Kaedin 16
Kaydyn 16
Caydan 14
Kaiyden 14
Cadin 13
Caedon 13
Caidan 12
Kaydn 12
Keaden 12
Kdyn 11
Keidan 11
Cadan 9
Keydan 8
Khadyn 8
Keidyn 7
Caedan 6
Kaaden 6
Kayedon 6
Kedan 6
Khaydin 6
Keydon 6
Caiyden 5
Kaidenn 5
Kaidynn 5
TOTAL: 17,783 (2012: 17,521)
VARIANTS: 59 (2012: 65)

Chayden 21

Chaden 7
TOTAL: 28 (2012: -)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: -)

Clayden 6
TOTAL: 6 (2012: 9)
VARIANTS: 1 (2012: 1)

Jayden 14656
Jaden 2753
Jaiden 1757
Jaydon 297
Jadon 242
Jaeden 182
Jaydan 158
Jaidyn 139
Jaydin 117
Jadyn 102
Jaedyn 83
Jaedon 78
Jaydyn 55
Jaidan 51
Jeyden 46
Jaydenn 36
Jaidon 35
Jadan 22

Jadin 21
Jden 20
Jaydn 18
Jaedin 17
Jhayden 15
Jaedan 12
Jeiden 12
Jeydon 12
Jaiyden 10
Jeydan 8
Jaidin 7
Jaidynn 7

Jaidenn 6
Jhaiden 6
Jaydynn 5
Jdyn 5
TOTAL: 20,990 (2012: 22,982)
VARIANTS: 34 (2012: 38)

Hayden 2933
Haiden 157
Haden 58
Haydon 43
Haydn 33
Haidyn 26
Haydin 24
Hadyn 13
Haydyn 13
Haedyn 11
Heyden 9
Heiden 8
Haydan 7
Haeden 5
TOTAL: 3,340 (2012: 3,984)
VARIANTS: 14 (2012: 14)

Layden 68
Laiden 17
Laydon 12
Ladon 11
TOTAL: 108 (2012: 75)
VARIANTS: 4 (2012: 5)

Madon 5
TOTAL: 5 (2012: 9)
VARIANTS: 1 (2012: 1)

Nayden 13
Naiden 6
TOTAL: 19 (2012: 20)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: 2)

Payden 39
Paden 35
Paiden 14

Peydon 5
TOTAL: 93 (2012: 75)
VARIANTS: 4 (2012: 3)

Pradyun 9
TOTAL: 9 (2012: -)
VARIANTS: 1 (2012: -)

Raiden 501

Rayden 303
Raidyn 29
Reyden 17
Raydon 15
Raden 11
Raeden 11
Raedyn 10
Raidon 9
Raydyn 7

Raydan 6
Radin 6
Raydin 5

Raidan 5

Reiden 5
TOTAL: 940 (2012: 927)
VARIANTS: 15 (2012: 14)

Shayden 27
Shaden 14
TOTAL: 41 (2012: 28)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012:3 )

Slayden 15
Sladen 10
TOTAL: 25 (2012: 26)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: 2)

Tayden 132
Taiden 33
Taden 10

Taidyn 8
Taedyn 6
Tadyn 6
Taydon 6
TOTAL: 201 (2012: 221)
VARIANTS: 7 (2012: 7)

Thaden 7
Thayden 6
TOTAL: 13 (2012: 14)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: 1)

Trayden 27
Treyden 23
Traeden 6
TOTAL: 56 (2012: 70)
VARIANTS: 3 (2012: 8)

Vaden 15
Vayden 8
TOTAL: 23 (2012: 20)
VARIANTS: 2 (2012: 2)

Wayden 13
Waden 5
TOTAL: 18 (2012: 27)
VARIANTS:  2 (2012: 2)

Xaiden 76
Xayden 53
Xaden 19

Xhaiden 13
Xzayden 9
Xzaiden 7
Xadyn 7
TOTAL: 194 (3,886 w/ Z) (2012: 177)
VARIANTS: 7 (29 w/ Z) (2012: 7)

Yeiden 20
Yaiden 16

Yaden 12
Yadon 5
TOTAL: 53 (2012: 31)
VARIANTS: 4 (2012: 4)

Zayden 2097
Zaiden 956
Zaden 134
Zaidyn 111
Zaedyn 76

Zaydin 53
Zaydon 33
Zaydan 32
Zaeden 28
Zaidan 28
Zadyn 26
Zaidin 21
Zidan 20
Zaydyn 16
Zaidon 12
Zaiyden 12
Zaydn 10

Zaydenn 9
Zhayden 9
Zeiden 8

Zadin 6
Zhaiden 5
TOTAL: 3,602 (3,886 w/ X) (2012: 2,770)
VARIANTS: 22 (29 w/ X) (2012: 21)

TOTAL: 85,163+ (2012: 90,313)
VARIANTS: 305+ (2012: 299)

THE "DECORATED" -AIDENS

Jakayden 43
Jakaiden 31

Jakaden 25
Jacayden 10
Jacaiden 6
Jacaden 6
Total: 121 (2012: 108)
Variants: 6 (2012: 6)

Dakayden 6
Total: 6 (2012: 6)
Variants: 1 (2012: 1)

Makayden 7 *

Makaden 6
Makaiden 6

Total: 19 (2012: -)
Variants: 3 (2012: -)

TOTAL: 146+ (2012: 129)
VARIANTS: 10+ (2012: 10)

THE -YDENS

Bryden 149
Brydon 30
Brydan 13
Bridyn 5
Total: 209
Variants: 4

Dryden 11
Total: 11
Variants: 1

Hyden 7
Total: 7
Variants: 1

Kyden 107
Khyden 11
Kydan 8
Kydon 6
Total: 204
Variants: 4

Idan 32
Iden 27
Total: 59
Variants: 2

Rydan 9
Rhyden 5
Total: 14
Variants: 2

Tyden 20

Thaiden 6
Tydan 6
Total: 32
Variants: 3

Zidaan 10

Total: 10
Variants: 2

TOTAL: 546+
VARIANTS: 18+

Why spelling matters

"Names are parts of language, and the way language functions is governed by rules and natural laws of phonetics. People who say, "Well all names started somewhere" are correct, but if you go back to ancient languages (Greek, Sanskrit, Akkadian, etc), you find that most names are comprised from meaningful phonemes that recur throughout the language. So there was no random flinging together of sounds at any point. This meant that there was a time when most people were wandering around with names that literally meant things like "victory of the people" (Nicodemus) in the language that the person wearing the name spoke. There were linguistic conventions about how words were combined into a name, and that is how the spellings were determined. So there's one factor. 

Then there is the fact that people speaking different languages with different phonetic inventories were in frequent contact. The result is that you might have a speaker of a language that has a v sound in contact with someone whose language has a b sound. Phonetically, those two sounds are extremely similar, and so a name like Basileios (Greek) might get adopted as Vasilii by speakers of Slavic languages (to name just one example). In a period of extremely limited literacy, this is how spelling and sound changes occurred and how legitimate variation in the spelling of names came to be. Also, languages have rules about how words have to end, how verbs have to be conjugated, etc, so a foreign word would be remolded to fit into the phonetic and morphological parameters of a given language.

The important thing to understand about this process is that none of it was arbitrary or anyone deciding, "I like the way this sounds/looks better." There was no individual creativity involved. Another important thing to realize is that we no longer have the excuse of being a primarily oral culture with very low rates of literacy. Also, as speakers of English, we have a massive phonetic inventory because English is such a mutt of a language. So there are really relatively few names of Indo-European derivation that we don't have the right sounds to be able to say. Random stylistic choices of individuals are not legitimate reasons to change the spelling of a word as long as it is phonetically comprehensible in the language you speak. 

For example, Jackson is extremely straightforward to pronounce in English and has a meaning (son of Jack). Replacing the cks with an x is completely phonetically unnecessary for pronunciation purposes and is therefore just a misspelling. It would be like someone deciding they prefer the way sed looks to said and proceeding to misspell the word in all subsequent formal and informal written communications. This decision would make that individual look like they were poorly educated and/or didn't understand the concept of spelling. The same principle applies to names. If someone were to say, "I want to name my child Sharlot," I would assume that they meant Charlotte but found the spelling to be unintuitive or too common. In the former case, this would clearly indicate a lack of quality education. In the latter case, they would be making a change to the language based on a desire to be different, which is not how the rules of language evolution work.

So that is why it matters to us how a word is spelled and not just whether we could sound it out and end up with something that sounded like a real name." 

—bromios

The Ultimate -aidan Guide (Boys) 2012: Beyond the Top 1000

That time of year has come—the 2012 Social Security (SSA) baby name list has been released! While it shows the rankings of each name, the rankings are much different when combined. 

Anyone that has been looking at names or has been around young children has probably noticed the increase of "-aidan" knockoff names. Some are legit names with a history behind them. The vast majority of them, however, are a jumble of letters. 

What happened to Aidan?

So, here it is, the ultimate guide to all of the -aidan variations, much like the list I did for 2010. Unlike the 2010 list, this one also includes names that were used 5-9 times. I may have missed a few variations and there may be a few that some of you may not agree with. Once I got out of the Top 1000, it became much more difficult to sift through all of the so called names (many of which are made-up and modern) and decide which ones might follow the trend.

A friendly WARNING, some of the variations below are kind of...scary. Many of them make me wonder what people were thinking.

Enjoy!

Main Variants (>50 uses)

Aiden   (14779)

Ayden   (6181)

Aidan   (3189)

Aden   (1142)

Adan   (863)

Aydan   (335)

Aydin   (329)

Aidyn   (281)

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Aaden   (222)

Aedan   (164)

Aayden   (137)

Aydenn   (129)

Adin   (100)

Adyn   (84)

Aeden   (76)

Aaiden   (60)

Aiyden   (51)

Aadyn   (48)

Aydon   (45)

Aedyn   (43)

Adon   (37)

Aidin   (32)

Aidden   (25

Aidenn   (23)

Aydyn   (22)

Ayeden   (21)

Aidon   (19)

Aedon   (16)

Ajdin   (14)

Aydn   (13)

Ayedin   (12)

Ayiden   (12)

Aadan   (11)

Aaidyn   (11)

Aadin   (10)

Aedin   (9)

Aydden   (9)

Aeyden   (7)

Aaydan   (6)

Aidynn   (6)

Aieden   (6)

Aiiden   (6)

Aydann   (5) 

TOTAL: 28,590          VARIANTS: 43

Jayden   (16013)

Jaden   (2801)

Jaiden   (1813)

Jaydon   (340)

Jadon   (315)

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Jaeden   (250)

Jaidyn   (204)

Jaydan   (187)

Jaydin   (163)

Jaedyn   (141)

Jadyn   (100)

Jaedon   (96)

Jaidon   (78)

Jaydyn   (56)

Jaidan   (52)

Jaydenn   (43)

Jeyden   (38)

Jadin   (33)

Jaydn   (31)

Jadan   (30)

Jden   (25)

Jaedan   (24)

Jaedin   (18)

Jaidin   (18)

Jadden   (14)

Jeiden   (12)

Jdyn   (11)

Jaiyden  (10)

Jaydden   (10)

Jhaden   (10)

Jeydan   (9)

Jaidynn   (6)

Jaiiden   (6)

Jaaden   (5)

Jadynn   (5)

Jaidenn   (5)

Jaydynn   (5)

Jeydon   (5)

TOTAL: 22,982          VARIANTS: 38

 

Kayden   (3825)

Kaden   (2920)

Caden   (2669)

Kaiden   (2643)

Cayden   (2354)

Caiden   (1182)

Kaeden   (277)

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Kaidyn   (180)

Kadyn   (172)

Kadin   (146)

Kaedyn   (98)

Kaydin   (89)

Caidyn   (63)

Kaidan   (59)

Cadyn   (51)

Kaidon   (43)

Kaydan   (42)

Kaedon   (40)

Caydin   (31)

Caydon   (30)

Khaden   (29)

Khayden   (27)

Khaiden   (26)

Keyden   (25)

Caedyn   (24)

Caydan   (24)

Kadon   (23)

Cadin   (22)

Kadan   (21)

Kaydyn   (21)

Caidan   (20)

Caidon   (20)

Kaidin   (20)

Keiden   (20)

Chayden   (19)

Caedon   (18)

Kaydn   (17)

Kaiyden   (15)

Kden   (15)

Khaidyn   (15)

Cadan   (14)

Kaedin   (13)

Kaydenn   (12)

Caedan   (10)

Keden   (10)

Keaden   (9)

Kdyn   (8)

Keidan   (8)

Cadon   (7)

Caydyn   (7)

Kadynn   (7)

Kahden   (7)

Kedan   (7)

Keidyn   (7)

Khadyn   (7)

Caedin   (6)

Caidenn   (6)

Kaidynn   (6)

Caidin   (5)

Caydenn   (5)

Caydn   (5)

Kaaden   (5)

Kadeyn   (5)

Kaedynn   (5)

Kayeden   (5)

TOTAL: 17,521          VARIANTS: 65

 

Brayden   (8451)

Braden   (1126)

Braydon   (723)

Braeden   (437)

Braiden   (415)

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Bradyn   (205)

Braedyn   (149)

Braedon   (127)

Braydin   (68)

Braydan   (66)

Breyden   (66)

Braydyn   (39)

Braedan   (38)

Bradon   (36)

Braidyn   (31)

Breydon   (29)

Bradan   (25)

Braidon   (18)

Braydn   (17)

Breydan   (17)

Bradin   (13)

Braydenn   (10)

Bradynn   (7)

Breiden   (5)

TOTAL: 12,118          VARIANTS: 24

Hayden   (3507)

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Haiden   (169)

Haden   (77)

Haydn   (43)

Haydon   (35)

Haidyn   (34)

Haydin   (34)

Hadyn   (19)

Haydyn   (15)

Haydan   (14)

Haedyn   (12)

Heyden   (12)

Heiden   (7)

Haeden   (6)

TOTAL: 3,984          VARIANTS: 14

Zayden   (1548)

Zaiden   (634)

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Zaden   (168)

Zaidyn   (97)

Zaydin   (46)

Zaedyn   (42)

Zaeden   (34)

Zaidan   (30)

Zaydan   (29)

Zaydon   (29)

Zaydyn   (20)

Zadyn   (17)

Zadin   (12)

Zaidin   (11)

Zaiyden   (10)

Zaydn   (10)

Zeyden   (10)

Zaedin   (7)

Zaydenn   (6)

Zadan   (5)

Zaedon   (5)

Xaiden   (69)

Xayden   (59)

Xaden   (20)

Xaidyn   (9)

Xhaiden   (9)

Xaeden   (6)

Xaedyn   (5)

TOTAL: 2,947          VARIANTS: 28

Raiden   (488)

Rayden   (300)

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Raidyn   (37)

Raydon   (13)

Raidon   (12)

Reyden   (12)

Raydin   (11)

Radin   (10)

Raydan   (10)

Raedyn   (9)

Reydan   (7)

Raden   (7)

Raeden   (6)

Raydyn   (5)

TOTAL: 927          VARIANTS: 14

Drayden   (166)

Dredyn   (20)

Draiden   (18)

Draden   (15)

Dreden   (15)

Dreydon   (13)

Draeden   (11)

Dredon   (11)

Draydon   (9)

Dradyn   (8)

Dredan   (8)

Draidyn   (6)

Dreydan   (6)

Draedyn   (5)

TOTAL: 311          VARIANTS: 14

Tayden   (131)

Taiden   (36)

Taden   (19)

Taydon   (14)

Taedyn   (11)

Taeden   (5)

Taidyn   (5)

TOTAL: 221          VARIANTS: 7

Blayden   (53)

Bladen   (45)

Blaiden   (11)

Bladyn   (5)

TOTAL: 114          VARIANTS: 4

Graden   (29)

Greydon   (17)

Greyden   (16)

Gradyn   (14)

Graeden   (12)

Graiden   (5)

TOTAL: 93           VARIANTS: 6

Payden   (51)

Paiden   (14)

Paydon   (10)

TOTAL: 75           VARIANTS: 3

 

Ladon   (29)

Laiden   (22)

Laydon   (12)

Laden   (6)

Leyden   (6)

TOTAL: 75          VARIANTS: 5

 

Trayden   (32)

Treyden   (26)

Treydon   (15)

Traydon   (7)

Traden   (6)

Traiden   (6)

Traedyn   (5)

Tredyn   (5)

TOTAL: 70          VARIANTS: 8

Eiden   (36)

Eidan   (16)

Eaden   (6)

Eydan   (5)

TOTAL: 63          VARIANTS: 4

Other Variants (<50 uses)

Yeiden   (10)

Yaiden   (9)

Yaden   (6)

Yadon   (6)

Shaden   (15)

Shaydon   (8)

Shaiden   (5)

Waden   (8)

Wayden   (19)

Slayden   (15)

Sladen   (11)

Nayden   (15)

Naden   (5)

Vayden   (14)

Vaiden   (6)

Bayden   (11)

Baden   (8)           

Daiden   (12)

Dayden   (7)

           

Thayden   (14)

Clayden   (9)

Maden   (9)

TOTAL: 222          VARIANTS: 22

These parents just couldn’t decided and added a little more “creativity”

Jakayden   (41)

Jakaden   (24)

Jakaiden   (21)

Jacaden   (10)

Jacayden   (7)

Jacaiden   (5)

Ajayden   (5)

Akayden   (5)

Dakayden   (6)

Jabrayden   (5)

TOTAL: 129          VARIANTS: 10

TOTAL: 90,442          TOTAL VARIANTS: 309

Favorite Girl Names

The question "What are your favorite girl names?" was recently posted on the board. The following are most of the names that were posted:

I tried to group them by style to make it a little easier to look through.

Ava
Lila / Lyla
Leila (LAY-la)
Leah / Lia
Olivia
Chloe
Carly
Emma
Macy
Aislin(g) 
Maren
Ainsley
Charlotte
Michaela
Savannah
Leah
Celia
Mia
Maya / Mya
Ariana
Adriana
Audrina
Brielle
Sophia
Paige
Laurel
Heidi

Piper 

Anya

Phoebe

Eloise

Felicity

Zoe

Lorelei

Cecily

Sadie

June

Gemma

Danica

Aurelia

Aurora

Georgia

Briony

Serena

Audrey

Ruby

Isla

Juliet

Eden

Audra

Zara

Coralie

Scarlett

Wren

Emmeline

Mila

Summer

Aria

Caia

Kylie

Delilah

Lola

Noelle

Hope
Grace
Temperance

Bianca

Larissa

Lara 

Jacqueline

Lauren

Megan

Erin

Nina

Naomi

Jocelyn

Whitney

Erica

Amy

Susannah

Meredith

Miranda

Bethany

Shelby

Andrea

Carissa

Allison

Rachel

Veronica

Connie

Marianne

Virginia

Laura

Emily

Hannah

Rebecca

Samantha

Farrah

Jenna

Fiona
Corinne
Carina
Nora / Norah
Willa
Daphne
Claire
Clara
Sylvie / Sylvia
Magnolia
Anastasia
Marilyn
Florence
Greta
Eliza
Elise
Vivian
Gwyneth
Elsie
Imogen / Imogene
Hazel
Ingrid
Eve
Cecilia
Anna / Anne
Alice
Katherine / Catherine
Elisabeth / Elizabeth
Millicent
Beverly
Miriam
Eleanor / Elinor
Rosalie
Lucy
Harriet / Hattie
Blythe
Cordelia
Colette
Julia
Johanna
Jean
Genevieve
Pearl
Lena
Odelia
Natalie
Annabelle / Annabel / Anabel
Camila / Camille
Lydia
Tess / Tessa
Helena / Helen
Esther
Ruth
Celeste
Maura
Astrid
Bridget
Margaret
Louise / Louisa
Caroline
Carolina
Jane
Mary
Betsy / Betty 
Margot
Calista
Evelyn
Rose / Rosa
Magdalena
Bernadette
Agatha
Edith / Edie
Frances
Augusta
Penelope / Penny / Poppy
Ramona
Agnes
Ginevra / Ginny
Henrietta / Hettie

Amalia

Amelie

Niamh

Marta

Eugenia

Bronwen

Rowena

Adelaide

Vera

Antonia

Sabine

Isadora

Rhiannon

Ciara / Keira

Fabienne

Emilia

Maeve

Carys

Francesca

Aoife

Annika / Anika

Gwendolen

Moira

Dagny

Primrose
Violet 
Ivy
Iris
Calla
Holly
Zinnia
Azalea
Fern

Blair

Hadley

Delaney

Avery

Campbell

Harper

Madison

Sloane

Arden

Reese

Quinn

Cassidy

Harlow

London

Sienna 

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The 2011 SSA Names List is HERE!

The Ultimate -aden Guide (Male): Beyond the Top 1000

Okay, it took forever ... my brain is moosh and my eyes are probably bleeding ... but here it is!

There are probably a few that could have been added, but I decided not too because something didn't seem to "fit" right. 

The columns are ordered from highest ranked to lowest ranked. When you add in the variants below 1000, Aiden actually surpasses Jayden.

Names below the line in each column indicates a name beyond the Top 1000.

Not all columns are exact matches as far as variants because I was trying to consolidate as much as possible. So there might be a Jaydien with Jayden or a Dryden with Drayden. Make sense?

Are you ready?!

(contains names that were used ≥10 times)

Aiden (15,403)
Aidan (4,263)
Ayden (5,096)
Aden (1,162)
Adan (937)
Aaden (448)
Aydan (377)
Aydin (358)
Aidyn (329)
Aedan (233)
——————
Adyn (83)
Aeden (73)
Aaiden (67)
Aidin (60)
Aadyn (38)
Adon (34)
Aiyden (31)
Aidon (27)
Aydyn (23)
Ajdin (19)
Aadin (18)
Aedin (14)
Aadan (11)
Aidynn (10)
Aydien (10)

Aydn (10)

Total: 29,134     Variants: 26

Jayden (17,030)
Jaden (4,468)
Jaiden (2,194)
Jaydon (524)
Jadon (436)
Jaeden (326)
Jaidyn (237)
Jadyn (228)
Jaydin (225)
Jaydan (194)
——————
Jaedyn (161)
Jaedon (129)
Jaidon (109)
Jaydyn (79)
Jadin (62)
Jaydn (48)
Jaedin (31)
Jaydenn (30)
Jden (25)
Jaedan (21)
Jaidin (21)
Jaiyden (20)
Jdyn (14)
Total: 26,612     Variants: 23

Kaden (3,567)
Caden (3,379)
Cayden (2,553)
Kaiden (2,325)
Kayden (3,275)
Caiden (1,284)
Kaeden (333)
Kadyn (226)
Kadin (197)
——————
Kaidyn (139)
Caeden (117)
Kaydin (100)
Kaedyn (99)
Kaidan (77)
Kaydon (68)
Cadyn (64)
Kaydan (41)
Kaedon (38)
Kaidon (34)
Caydin (34)
Caedyn (32)
Kadon (29)
Kadon (29)
Khayden (29)
Kadan (27)
Kaidin (27)
Kaedin (25)
Khaden (25)
Kaedan (24)
Caedon (23)
Khaiden (23)
Keiden (20)
Cadon (19)
Kaydyn (18)
Cadin (18)
Keyden (18)
Kden (13)
Khaidyn (13)
Cadan (12)
Caidon (12)
Chayden (11)
Keaden (10)
Caedan (10)
Total: 18,417    Variants: 43

Brayden (9,046)
Braden (1,695)
Braydon (919)
Braeden (683)
Braiden (551)
Bradyn (309)
——————
Braedyn (181)
Braedon (178)
Braydin (82)
Braydan (72)
Breyden (60)
Braidyn (59)
Braedan (54)
Braydyn (45)
Breydon (38)
Bradon (36)
Braydn (31)
Brydan (22)
Breydan (21)
Bradan (19)
Braidan (17)
Total: 14,088    Variants: 21

Hayden (4,151)
Haiden (210)
——————
Haydon (54)
Haidyn (34)
Haydin (33)
Hadyn (29)
Haydyn (18)
Haydan (17)
Heyden (17)
Haeden (14)
Haidan (12)
Total: 4,589     Variants: 11

Zayden (919)
Zaiden (397)
——————
Zaden (148)
Zaidyn (61)
Zadyn (28)
Zaydin (27)
Zaeden (25)
Zaidan (21)
Zaydon (15)
Zidan (11)
Total: 1,652     Variants: 10

Raiden (374)
Rayden (216)
——————
Raidyn (24)
Raden (11)
Raeden (11)
Raidon (11)
Raydon (10)
Total: 657     Variants: 7

Drayden (138)
Dreyden (42)
Draden (21)
Draiden (21)
Dredyn (14)
Draydon (13)
Dreydon (12)
Dreden (11)
Total: 272    Variants:8

Blayden (55)
Bladen (34)
Bayden (17)
Blaiden (15)
Bladyn (14)
Total: 135     Variants: 5

Xaiden (64)
Xayden (35)
Xaden (21)
Total: 120     Variants: 3

Payden (61)
Paden (52)
Total: 113    Variants: 2

Graden (41)
Gradyn (14)
Greyden (13)
Graeden (12)
Greydon (12)
Total: 92    Variants: 5

Layden (68)
Laydon (10)
Total: 78    Variants: 2

Treyden (44)
Treydon (13)
Trayden (12)
Total: 69    Variants: 3

Eiden (29)
Eidan (16)
Eyden (14)
Total: 59     Variants: 3

Taiden (21)
Taeden (10)
Total: 31    Variants: 2

Daiden (21)
Dayden (13)
Total: 34    Variants: 2

Clayden (10)
Vaden (18)
Shaden (10)
Misc. Total: 38   Variants: 3

 

Dryden (25)
Tyden (23)
Trendon (15)
Rhyden (11)
Rydan (10)
Total:  84   Variants: 5


 

SSA List 2010: Girl Name Trends

Makenna (1,534)
Mckenna (1,369)
Total: 2,930

Makayla (5,348)
Mikayla (1,707)
Michaela (804)
Mikaela (713)
Total: 8,272

Mackenzie (3,844)
Mckenzie (2,104)
Makenzie (1,980)
Total: 7,928

Mckinley (519)

TREND TOTAL: 19,649

Madelyn (3,593)
Madeline (3,574)
Madeleine (988)
Madalyn (878)
Madelynn (799)
Madilynn (514)
Madalynn (501)
Total: 10,847

Madison (13,070)
Madisyn (943)
Madyson (688)
Total: 14,701

TREND TOTAL: 25,548

Hailey (6,969)
Haylee (1,230)
Hayley (716)
Hailee (566)
Haleigh (452)
Haylie (349)
Hayleigh (320)
Total: 10,602

Kaylee (6,049)
Kayleigh (1,287)
Caylee (559)
Kaleigh (498)
Kailee (435)
Total: 8,828

Bailey (3,563)
Baylee (800)
Bailee (544)
Total: 4,907

TREND TOTAL: 24,337

Kylie (4,564)
Kylee (2,234)
Kyleigh (1,099)
Total: 7,897

Riley (5,506)
Rylee (2,957)
Ryleigh (1,663)
Rylie (988)
Total: 11,114

Miley (1,429)
Mylee (271)
Total: 1,700

Brylee (699)
Briley (443)
Bryleigh (253)
Total: 1,395

TREND TOTAL: 22,106

Middle Names

Ah yes, the middle name post. Whether you've worked hard on a first name or it came out of the blue, most American babies will be given at least one middle name, and after deciding on a first name, a middle name can often seem like a mere afterthought. I'd encourage our posters to take a second look at the middle name spot. So here is some inspiration to get your middle name juices flowing.

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