Jadon
- Pronunciation
- [Ja-don]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Jadon
Jadon is a biblical Hebrew name with the meaning "Jehovah has heard" — a theophoric construction combining the Hebrew root shama (to hear) with the divine name, parallel to names like Jonathan ("God has given") and Joshua ("God is salvation"). The name appears in the Hebrew scriptures as Yadon, associated with a figure in the book of Nehemiah. Its theological meaning — a declaration that God has responded to prayer — places it firmly in the tradition of Hebrew names given in gratitude or faith, a tradition that has kept biblical names continuously vital in American naming culture across centuries.
Jadon first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and peaked in 2003 at rank #372. The name remained on the chart through 2015, recording 235 births at rank #915 in that final year. Total top-1000-qualifying births across the window came to approximately 7,961. Jadon's early 2000s peak coincided with a broader surge in Jayden/Jaden-family names; as one of the more biblically grounded spellings in that sound cluster, it appealed to parents seeking the same rhythmic energy with an explicit scriptural reference. Recorded variants include Jade, Jaden, Jader, Jaeden, Jaedon, Jaiden, Jayden, and Jaydon — a wide family that collectively dominated American male naming in the mid-2000s.
Jadon's biblical spelling gives it a distinct identity within this crowded field, anchoring a very modern-sounding name to a very ancient textual tradition.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jadon
US Popularity History (2000–2015)
Annual US births named Jadon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2006 with 756 boys named Jadon (boy rank #398 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2015, ranked #915 for boys (235 US births). That's 517 places below its 2006 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jadon Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jadon the strongest states are Maryland, Virginia, Georgia.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maryland | #803 | 16 |
| 2 | Virginia | #824 | 32 |
| 3 | Georgia | #826 | 32 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #840 | 35 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #933 | 32 |
| 6 | Tennessee | #945 | 30 |
| 7 | Florida | #1,001 | 65 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #1,001 | 65 |
| 2 | Tennessee | #945 | 30 |
| 3 | North Carolina | #933 | 32 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | #840 | 35 |
| 5 | Georgia | #826 | 32 |
| 6 | Virginia | #824 | 32 |
| 7 | Maryland | #803 | 16 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jadon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jade | Jewel. Courageous And Adoring. | Female | Spanish |
| Jaden | Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name. | Male | Hebrew |
| Jader | Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name. | Male | Hebrew |
| Jaeden | God Has Heard. | Male | English |
| Jaedon | Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name. | Male | Hebrew |
| Jaiden | Variant Of Jayden (God Has Heard) | Female | American |
| Jayden | God Has Heard | Female | American |
| Jaydon | Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name. | Male | Hebrew |
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Compare Jadon to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jadon against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).