Trayden
An invented masculine name, potentially combining elements meaning "third" and "valley".
Name Census estimates that about 340 living Americans carry the first name Trayden. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Trayden today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Trayden births was 2012 (33 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Trayden. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
340
~ 1 in 1,008,101 Americans
Peak year
2012
33 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#10,776
Tracked since 2002
Census
Trayden in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 261 people with the first name Trayden, which placed it at #32,310 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#32,310
National first-name rank
People counted
261
261 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
45.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Trayden
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Trayden is White at 45.2%. The next largest groups are Black (33.7%) and Two or More Races (7.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Trayden described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Trayden at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White45.2% · 118
- Black or African American33.7% · 88
- Two or more races7.3% · 19
- Hispanic or Latino5.4% · 14
- Asian and Pacific Islander4.2% · 11
- American Indian and Alaska Native4.2% · 11
Popularity
Trayden: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Trayden from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 195 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Trayden by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Trayden during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Traydens live
Origin
Meaning and history of Trayden
The name Trayden is a relatively modern invention, likely derived from the combination of the names Trey and Ayden. It does not appear to have any direct origins in ancient languages or cultures.
Trey is a diminutive form of the name Andrew, which comes from the Greek name Andreas, meaning "manly" or "brave." Ayden, on the other hand, is a variant spelling of the name Aidan, which has Irish and Gaelic roots and means "little fire."
While the name Trayden itself does not have a long historical lineage, its component parts have rich linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The name Andrew has been popular in various forms across Europe and the Middle East for centuries, with roots in the name of the apostle Andrew, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ.
The name Aidan, with its Irish and Gaelic connections, has been in use since the Middle Ages and has been associated with several notable figures in Irish history, such as Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, an Irish monk who played a significant role in the spread of Christianity in Northumbria, England, in the 7th century.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Trayden is in the late 20th century, but it did not gain widespread popularity until the early 2000s. Some notable individuals named Trayden include Trayden Howell, a Canadian ice hockey player born in 1996, and Trayden Poulson, a young American actor known for his role in the film "The Hateful Eight" in 2015.
Other individuals with the name Trayden include Trayden Hammann, a professional basketball player from the United States born in 1994, and Trayden Payne, an American singer and songwriter born in 1998.
While the name Trayden may be relatively new and without a long historical lineage, its component parts draw from rich linguistic and cultural traditions, combining elements of Greek, Irish, and Gaelic origins to create a unique and modern name.
People
Trayden + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Trayden as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Trayden: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Trayden?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 340 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Trayden going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,008,101 US residents.
Is Trayden a common name?
We classify Trayden as "Very Rare". It ranks above 80.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 343 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Trayden most popular?
The single biggest year for Trayden was 2012, when 33 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Trayden is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Trayden in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 261 people with the name Trayden, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #32,310 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Trayden in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Trayden?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Trayden leans strongly male. 252 people counted with this name were male (98.4%), compared with 4 female bearers (1.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Trayden?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Trayden is White at 45.2%. The next largest groups are Black (33.7%) and Two or More Races (7.3%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Trayden most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Trayden in the 2020 Census, accounting for 45.2% (118 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Trayden in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Trayden a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Trayden in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Trayden still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Trayden in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Trayden can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are named Trayden?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people share the name Trayden at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.