I used Python’s pronouncing library to find every name that rhymes with “Aiden.” This produced a ton of false positives, so I narrowed it down to names with exactly two syllables where both syllables rhymed.
That gave me 395 names. From there, I said each one aloud and removed 63 remaining false positives (like Jadelyn, Adysen, and Radine) to end up with 332 likely rhyming names. I sorted by total babies ever given each name and used the top 50 for this graphic.
I wanted to scale the circles linearly, but the drop-off in popularity is enormous. Jayden has 159× the usage of Aayden, so I used square root scaling to manage the huge range.
MurphGH on
**The -ayden Alphabet**: *The most popular name for each letter and its rank among the 332 names*
Why would parents do this to their children? It feels cruel somehow.
Soda-Popinski- on
Jesus christ its the millenial grey for kids names.
marbotty on
Probably unfair that I immediately judge someone with these names, when it’s the parents that were the morons
Capt-J- on
*Raiden*
Some poor kid(s) out there had Mortal Kombat fans for parents.
Accomplished_Item_86 on
Interesting visuaization! Seems like -dyn is much more popular for female names, while names with -don are almost exclusively male. Even though they are pronounced the same!
Local-Echo-5613 on
Girls have names like Jadyn and Jaidyn, while boys have names like Jaydyn and Jaiden. Biology 101.
tarzhjay on
Damn, Will and Jada Smith really changed the entire country. It’s amazing and kinda scary the influence movie stars have
birdele on
As a teacher I’m begging y’all to find different names. Last semester I had one class with 4 different Jayden’s and 4 different spellings. It hurts my brain. It makes me delirious. I would randomly yell JAYDEN when I needed something and 10 people would answer WHICH ONE. Call and response: type B teacher style.
dodekahedron on
I remember when I was a preteen i thought braeden for a boy and faelyn for a girl were the ultimate baby names.
I was a preteen in the early 2000s.
My kid thanks me for not getting an aiden name
TetteyToePoke on
Most of these names are horrible, poor kids.
cLax0n on
I was hoping for Gaiden. Like Ninja Gaiden.
Goose182 on
I’m a Paden. A male born in 1989 and named after the movie Silverado. I like my name. Growing up in the 90s I never knew anyone else with any kind of “Ayden” name. I still haven’t met anyone with my same name spelled the same way.
Jolin_Tsai on
As an Irish person it’s sad to see the fall of Aidan as a name. Always thought it was lovely but now it’s been damaged by these truly awful names
samuelazers on
Anyone knows how this trend started? The oldest Aiden i know was born in the 1995s.
ak51388 on
I named mine after Hayden Christensen because I loved him and his name and my husband is a big star wars guy 😭 tbf I really wanted the name Holden but was vetoed by my husband.
BulkyThing1363 on
There was a bird that visited my yard that I called Roiden
Retrospectrenet on
Oh oh oh do the 1950s Gary, Larry, Barry, Harry graph! Maybe add in Jerry, Kerry, Terry too.
GeorginaFlopworthy on
This is like nectar for trans guys
Koquillon on
This does seem to just be a US-thing.
Here in the UK I’ve only ever seen Aidan (a very normal, traditional name that’s been common for centuries – lots of churches near me are named after St. Aidan) and Braydon (a “new” name, but it’s always spelled with -on and never -en).
dead-ass- on
Sadly we’re gonna be dealing with people with these names for the rest of our lives
metamorphomo on
Lmao I thought the brayden Jayden memes were over blowing it. As a Brit this is hilarious.
Signed, Homunculus Littlerod-Bones.
Comfortable-Note-275 on
My son’s name is Aiden and his girlfriend name is Jaden, their kid name is Kaiden
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**Data source:** U.S. Social Security Administration (1880–2024)
**Tools:** Python / [pronouncing](https://pypi.org/project/pronouncing/) / SQL / Hex / Figma
I used Python’s pronouncing library to find every name that rhymes with “Aiden.” This produced a ton of false positives, so I narrowed it down to names with exactly two syllables where both syllables rhymed.
That gave me 395 names. From there, I said each one aloud and removed 63 remaining false positives (like Jadelyn, Adysen, and Radine) to end up with 332 likely rhyming names. I sorted by total babies ever given each name and used the top 50 for this graphic.
I wanted to scale the circles linearly, but the drop-off in popularity is enormous. Jayden has 159× the usage of Aayden, so I used square root scaling to manage the huge range.
**The -ayden Alphabet**: *The most popular name for each letter and its rank among the 332 names*
A: Aiden (#2)
B: Brayden (#4)
C: Caden (#9)
D: Drayden (#44)
E: Eyden (#77)
F: Fayden (#287)
G: Graydon (#39)
H: Hayden (#3)
I: —
J: Jayden (#1)
K: Kayden (#8)
L: Layden (#63)
M: Maden (#236)
N: Nayden (#153)
O: —
P: Payden (#46)
Q: Quayden (#326)
R: Raiden (#21)
S: Shayden (#60)
T: Tayden (#40)
U: —
V: Vaden (#97)
W: Wayden (#151)
X: Xaiden (#58)
Y: Yaiden (#155)
Z: Zayden (#16)
Looks like Okayden still hasn’t caught on…
Damn some people must really hate their kids
Why would parents do this to their children? It feels cruel somehow.
Jesus christ its the millenial grey for kids names.
Probably unfair that I immediately judge someone with these names, when it’s the parents that were the morons
*Raiden*
Some poor kid(s) out there had Mortal Kombat fans for parents.
Interesting visuaization! Seems like -dyn is much more popular for female names, while names with -don are almost exclusively male. Even though they are pronounced the same!
Girls have names like Jadyn and Jaidyn, while boys have names like Jaydyn and Jaiden. Biology 101.
Damn, Will and Jada Smith really changed the entire country. It’s amazing and kinda scary the influence movie stars have
As a teacher I’m begging y’all to find different names. Last semester I had one class with 4 different Jayden’s and 4 different spellings. It hurts my brain. It makes me delirious. I would randomly yell JAYDEN when I needed something and 10 people would answer WHICH ONE. Call and response: type B teacher style.
I remember when I was a preteen i thought braeden for a boy and faelyn for a girl were the ultimate baby names.
I was a preteen in the early 2000s.
My kid thanks me for not getting an aiden name
Most of these names are horrible, poor kids.
I was hoping for Gaiden. Like Ninja Gaiden.
I’m a Paden. A male born in 1989 and named after the movie Silverado. I like my name. Growing up in the 90s I never knew anyone else with any kind of “Ayden” name. I still haven’t met anyone with my same name spelled the same way.
As an Irish person it’s sad to see the fall of Aidan as a name. Always thought it was lovely but now it’s been damaged by these truly awful names
Anyone knows how this trend started? The oldest Aiden i know was born in the 1995s.
I named mine after Hayden Christensen because I loved him and his name and my husband is a big star wars guy 😭 tbf I really wanted the name Holden but was vetoed by my husband.
There was a bird that visited my yard that I called Roiden
Oh oh oh do the 1950s Gary, Larry, Barry, Harry graph! Maybe add in Jerry, Kerry, Terry too.
This is like nectar for trans guys
This does seem to just be a US-thing.
Here in the UK I’ve only ever seen Aidan (a very normal, traditional name that’s been common for centuries – lots of churches near me are named after St. Aidan) and Braydon (a “new” name, but it’s always spelled with -on and never -en).
Sadly we’re gonna be dealing with people with these names for the rest of our lives
Lmao I thought the brayden Jayden memes were over blowing it. As a Brit this is hilarious.
Signed, Homunculus Littlerod-Bones.
My son’s name is Aiden and his girlfriend name is Jaden, their kid name is Kaiden