Jaydon
- Pronunciation
- [Jay-don]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Jehovah Has Heard. A Biblical Name.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Jaydon
Jaydon is a variant spelling in the Jayden family of names, a modern American construction whose popular interpretations link it to a Hebrew root — specifically the name Jadon from the Book of Nehemiah, meaning "Jehovah has heard" or "thankful" — though Jaydon itself emerged as a phonetic variation rather than a direct transliteration of the ancient Hebrew. The -on ending distinguishes it visually from the dominant -en spelling, giving it a slightly more grounded, one-step-removed feel while preserving the same bright, punchy sound. The name belongs squarely to the wave of -aydon / -aiden / -ayden constructions that swept American naming in the late 1990s and early 2000s, driven by the appeal of a strong opening consonant, a bright vowel, and a crisp dental ending.
Jaydon entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000 and climbed to its peak of #414 in 2007, then gradually faded, last appearing in the chart in 2015 at #997 with 205 boys. More than 7,500 boys were named Jaydon within the SSA top-1000 era. Its peak in 2007 placed it at the height of American enthusiasm for the entire -ayden sound family. Variants include Jaeden, Jaedon, Jaiden, and Jayden — with Jayden having achieved the highest chart positions of any spelling in this group and remaining the dominant form through the 2010s.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jaydon
US Popularity History (2000–2015)
Annual US births named Jaydon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2007 with 707 boys named Jaydon (boy rank #414 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2015, ranked #997 for boys (205 US births). That's 583 places below its 2007 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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