Recorded 1985–2025 · United States
Paden was most popular in 1992, when 79 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,016 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,981 people named Paden.
Paden first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1985, which makes it about 40 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 41 of the 41 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,981 American births named Paden between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,936 are estimated to be alive today.
17 American babies were named Paden in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Paden is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 18 births a year, against 38 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -53% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Paden is mostly a boy’s name — 10.0% of the 1,981 Americans given it were girls and 90.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 1,936 Americans named Paden are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 24 years old, and half are between 17 and 33.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org