I now know of at least 3 people on FB

JuneMagnolia · May 2011

That are naming their sons Jayden. Ugh. What is it with this name?!

heath06 · May 2011

I actually think it's a nice name, but I sort of roll my eyes with it too because it has become super trendy.

crystal959 · May 2011

A friend of mine named her little girl Jaiden, she's so beautiful I can look past the name. I'm not sure the appeal to be honest.

anna7602 · May 2011

I do not know a single person IRL with this name. I know 1 Aiden through FB (a high school friend I haven't seen in almost 20 years named her son this) and another one who is in DD's gymnastics class. I do not know any Jaydens, Braydens, Caydens, etc.

I believe the trend is real because I can see the numbers in SSA or on this board, but where do all these people live?

mlf625 · May 2011

anna7602:
I do not know a single person IRL with this name. I know 1 Aiden through FB (a high school friend I haven't seen in almost 20 years named her son this) and another one who is in DD's gymnastics class. I do not know any Jaydens, Braydens, Caydens, etc.
I believe the trend is real because I can see the numbers in SSA or on this board, but where do all these people live?

I can tell you they definitely live in Austin, Texas; Orange County, California; and northern Wisconsin. We lived in Austin until last fall, now live in northern WI, and spend a decent amount of time at my parents' place in OC - the -adens run rampant in all three locations.

I don't think any of the names are nice at all, and I can't imagine why anyone is still using them.

MrsFinn810 · May 2011

mj.reilly:

I just don't understand ... at all.

I don't think it is nice at all. There is nothing appealing to it.

Yes Yes Yes

anna7602:

I do not know a single person IRL with this name. I know 1 Aiden through FB (a high school friend I haven't seen in almost 20 years named her son this) and another one who is in DD's gymnastics class. I do not know any Jaydens, Braydens, Caydens, etc.

I believe the trend is real because I can see the numbers in SSA or on this board, but where do all these people live?

I promise you there's a slew of them in Georgia and Alabama. Off the top of my head, I can think of at least 10 "-ayden" babies in my circle that were born between 2009 and now.

Mike&Care · May 2011

anna7602:
I do not know a single person IRL with this name. I know 1 Aiden through FB (a high school friend I haven't seen in almost 20 years named her son this) and another one who is in DD's gymnastics class. I do not know any Jaydens, Braydens, Caydens, etc.

I believe the trend is real because I can see the numbers in SSA or on this board, but where do all these people live?

I was going to say Texas and California for sure. I am originally from Houston and the Caden, Jayden, Brayden thing is huge there. We lived in Orange County for 2 years and knew a bunch of Braydens/Haydens/Jaydens there too. Here the naming is different. People typically go for classic names like Henry, Lucas, Logan, Jack, Finn, Cate, Sarah, Hannah, Alex, etc. Much better IMO.

stahlop · May 2011

I had a female Jayden in one of my classes this year. She was 12.

Fianschneid · May 2011

Thanks for posting the locations. I was starting to wonder that, too. I haven't met any -aidens i my area, either.

MrzHoz · May 2011

These were all on the top most hated names on a Yahoo article recently because they are so overdone.

forensicmama · May 2011

It's like a disease...

thatjessie · May 2011

I know 4 Aidens, 1 Brayden and 2 Jaydens (1 is acutally Jaidyn (f)). Even if they weren't trendy they aren't names that appeal to me.

emilydholmes1 · May 2011

MrzHoz:
These were all on the top most hated names on a Yahoo article recently because they are so overdone.

That and they are just bad names in general. There is nothing appealing about them.

nikintheheart · May 2011

forensicmama:
It's like a disease...

Yes

i'm glad that - for the most part - the ladies around this board are immune. [:

melissa721 · May 2011

I hate this name. Damn you Britney Spears!

alehayes · May 2011

One of our friends recently started dating a woman with a little girl named Jayden. It was the first time I'd heard of a little girl with the name.

I think there are worse names, but there are definitely better names.

teachergal05 · May 2011

Not that I was ever a huge fan of this name to start with, but the students I've had named Jayden have totally ruined the name for me forever.

SummerBaby12 · May 2011

I hate that Aedan/Aidan is being looked at as a bad name because of its popularity. It is a beautiful Irish boy and it just stinks that its become this over used name that people now think is awful.