Thirty years of Jayden
Jayden in numbers
Jayden peaked in 2009 with 2,667 boys and has fallen since, to 406 in 2025. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2005 and 2008, from 769 to 2,519. It ranked 325th in 1996, reached 26th in 2009 and ranks 124th now. On average it was given to 99 boys a year in the late 1990s, 1,126 in the 2000s, 1,461 in the 2010s and 511 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Similar spellings in the 2025 list†: Jaden (68), Jadon (46), Jaiden (41), Jaydon (11), Jaydan (10). Matched by their letters, not by meaning or origin. ONS counts each spelling separately, so these are not added to Jayden.
What the official statisticians said
“Britney Spears' youngest, Jayden has risen 16 places to number 68.”
General Register Office, on 2006 births in England and Wales. Read the source
Quoted word for word from the official releases, including their own “may” and “could”. Baby Data has not added reasons of its own. Releases for Scotland and Northern Ireland are about babies there, not in England and Wales.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-15%476 to 406
- 5 years-31%591 to 406
- 10 years-67%1,219 to 406
- 20 years-47%769 to 406
- Since 1996×575 to 406
- Total, 1996 to 202529,327boys
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 124 · ONS · 476 in 2024
Rank 137 · NRS · 55 in 2024
Rank 143 · NISRA · 15 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | 406 | -15% | 1 in 741 |
| 2024 | 111 | 476 | -2% | 1 in 641 |
| 2023 | 107 | 485 | -8% | 1 in 625 |
| 2022 | 104 | 529 | -8% | 1 in 587 |
| 2021 | 104 | 576 | -3% | 1 in 556 |
| 2020 | =98 | 591 | -22% | 1 in 532 |
| 2019 | 79 | 760 | -4% | 1 in 433 |
| 2018 | 77 | 792 | -12% | 1 in 426 |
| 2017 | 71 | 900 | -14% | 1 in 387 |
| 2016 * | 61 | 1,050 | -14% | 1 in 339 |
| 2015 | 49 | 1,219 | -9% | 1 in 294 |
| 2014 | 43 | 1,334 | -19% | 1 in 267 |
| 2013 | 42 | 1,657 | -16% | 1 in 216 |
| 2012 | 37 | 1,977 | -16% | 1 in 189 |
| 2011 | 32 | 2,353 | -8% | 1 in 158 |
| 2010 | 26 | 2,567 | -4% | 1 in 145 |
| 2009 | 26 | 2,667 | +6% | 1 in 136 |
| 2008 | 29 | 2,519 | +19% | 1 in 144 |
| 2007 | 32 | 2,118 | +88% | 1 in 167 |
| 2006 | 66 | 1,125 | +46% | 1 in 304 |
| 2005 | 84 | 769 | +29% | 1 in 430 |
| 2004 | 93 | 597 | +27% | 1 in 550 |
| 2003 | 110 | 471 | +9% | 1 in 676 |
| 2002 | 110 | 434 | +40% | 1 in 705 |
| 2001 | 137 | 309 | +23% | 1 in 986 |
| 2000 | 148 | 251 | +43% | 1 in 1,234 |
| 1999 | =189 | 175 | +111% | 1 in 1,824 |
| 1998 | 310 | 83 | +34% | 1 in 3,926 |
| 1997 | =369 | 62 | -17% | 1 in 5,316 |
| 1996 | =325 | 75 | 1 in 4,446 |
* ONS’s boys’ 2016 file repeats the October total as September, so the 2016 births total is about 932 too low and 1 in X for 2016 is slightly too low. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate