Paden*
#3,157 most common boys' name of all time · #7,655 across all names · 90% male / 10% female · used 1985–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#3,157
Rank overall
#7,655 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
1,981
Since 2016
224
Peak year
1992 #1,319
Best rank
#1,095 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 79/yr
Paden first appears in 1985. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,484 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,335 |
| 2023 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,454 |
| 2022 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,313 |
| 2021 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,853 |
| 2020 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 2019 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,274 |
| 2018 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 2017 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,637 |
| 2016 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #3,936 |
| 2015 | 8 | 24 | 32 | #4,235 |
| 2014 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #4,209 |
| 2013 | — | 35 | 35 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #2,939 |
| 2011 | 6 | 37 | 43 | #3,092 |
| 2010 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #2,394 |
| 2009 | 10 | 53 | 63 | #2,435 |
| 2008 | 11 | 58 | 69 | #2,282 |
| 2007 | 12 | 40 | 52 | #2,959 |
| 2006 | 6 | 51 | 57 | #2,437 |
| 2005 | 6 | 67 | 73 | #1,917 |
| 2004 | 6 | 67 | 73 | #1,852 |
| 2003 | 9 | 57 | 66 | #2,028 |
| 2002 | 12 | 58 | 70 | #1,935 |
| 2001 | 8 | 55 | 63 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 6 | 47 | 53 | #2,168 |
| 1999 | 10 | 49 | 59 | #1,990 |
| 1998 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #2,230 |
| 1997 | 11 | 49 | 60 | #1,907 |
| 1996 | 5 | 60 | 65 | #1,636 |
| 1995 | 11 | 52 | 63 | #1,735 |
| 1994 | 7 | 57 | 64 | #1,632 |
| 1993 | 10 | 57 | 67 | #1,600 |
| 1992 | 5 | 74 | 79 | #1,319 |
| 1991 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,631 |
| 1990 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,515 |
| 1989 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,432 |
| 1988 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,262 |
| 1987 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,095 |
| 1986 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,694 |