Most popular baby names: Aiden, Jayden, Hayden, Brayden, Jaden

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Most popular baby names: Aiden, Jayden, Hayden, Brayden, Jaden

In the top 1000 baby names for 2006 there are twelve name variations based on Aiden: Jayden, Hayden, Brayden, Jaden, Caden, Kaden, Ayden, Braden, Cayden, Kaiden, Caiden, Jaydon.

Hayden the originator
The first name to appear in the top 1000 was Hayden, so you could say that all these variations are based on Hayden.

Braden the revivalist
By the mid-1980s, Braden was more popular and started the ressurgance of the name within the past 30 years.

Aiden the ruling king
Right now the most popular variation is Aiden leading the pack overall by being the 30th most popular name in 2006. It's weird how Aiden came out of nowhere in 1995 to become the leader.

Personally, I just get them all confused.

I think there was a section in Freaknomics that explained how certain names came to be dominance over time. Might want to look into that.

Posted by: David on Feb 01, 08 | 4:34 pm

You built this chart yourself, right, spudart?

Posted by: unlikelymoose.com/blog on Feb 01, 08 | 5:19 pm

Yes. I built this chart with data from the Social Security Administration website at: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

I copied data from their site and put it into an excel document. Then imported that into Adobe Illustrator.

Posted by: spudart on Feb 01, 08 | 5:29 pm

Interesting view on the SSA data for that group of names. I built a Google Maps mashup of the SSA data along with stats from other countries: http://www.babynamemap.com You might find it interesting.

Posted by: on Feb 02, 08 | 12:44 pm

I wonder when this collection of names will begin to drop downward in popularity? 2009? 2010? or beyond?

Posted by: unlikelymoose on Feb 06, 08 | 4:02 pm

Moose-- That's a great idea. I've added an event to my google calendar saying to check the popularity of these names on Feb 8, 2010.

Posted by: spudart on Feb 06, 08 | 4:09 pm

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