Once you account for spelling variations, Aidan, Braden and Kaden were the most popular names of 2007... hmm.

1) Aidan (Aiden, Aeden, Ayden, Aedan, Aydan, Adan)


2) Braden (Brayden, Braydan, Braeden, Braedan, Braidan, Braiden)


3) Kaden (Caden, Cayden, Caedan, Caidan, Caeden, Caiden, Kaiden, Kaidan, Kaydan, Kayden, Kadan)





And Jaden was #7.





Isn't that interesting, how -aiden names rose so suddenly?

Once you account for spelling variations, Aidan, Braden and Kaden were the most popular names of 2007... hmm.
Dude, I've been singing the Aidan hate for ever! This is my answer to a different question, but it applies here, too:





As for the -ayden names, I did the math. We had:





Aiden, Aidan, Ayden, Aden, Adan, Aydan, Aydin, Aedan, and Aidyn for 29,175 boys.





Jayden, Jaden, Jaiden, Jaydon, Jadon, Jaeden, Jadyn, Jaydin, Jaidyn, and Jaydan for 26,148 boys. We also had Jayden, Jaiden, Jaidyn, Jaden, and Jaedyn given to 5,443 girls.





Caden, Kaden, Cayden, Kayden, Kaiden, Caiden, Kadin, Kaeden, and Kadyn were given to 17,755 boys. Kayden was given to 621 girls.





Brayden, Braden, Braeden, Braydon, Braiden, Bradyn, and Braedon was bestowed on 12,748 boys.





Hayden, Haiden, and Haden was given to 6,657 boys. Hayden was given to 1,714 girls.





Thankfully, Zayden was only given to 426 boys, and Raiden was only given to 210 boys. Still, do the math. That's





**100,987**





kids named something rhyming with Aidan whose spelling is in the top thousand. I weep for humanity.





To top it off, here's some related gems in the top thousand:





Jaylen, Jalen, Jaylin, Jaylon, and Jaylan -4,618 boys.





Jada, Jayda, Jaylyn, Jaelyn, Jayla, Jailyn, Jaylah, Jaylee, Jaylen, Jaelee, Jaylynn, Jaida, and Jalynn were in for girls, totalling 14,761.





Aylin debuted, with 500 girls.





Brayan, Braylon, Brycen, and Braylen were also hits for boys, with 2,619 boys. Braylynn, Braelyn, and Brailynn had 1548 girls.





Let's see, that's 21,427 more kids named something similar to Aiden. That doesn't even include Peyton, Grayson, Jaylee, etc. There were a horrific 122,414 kids named something related to Aidan. Bad bad bad!





I have a burning hatred of these names, and keeping a detailed numerical record of them seems to help people understand how overused they are. Not that it helped, though, because in 2006, there were only 65,00 odd Aiden type names. That's almost DOUBLED in a year.





ETA: I've seen Trayden, and I think one of those multiple sets from the Midwest has a Dreyden, too.
Reply:As coolteamblt mentioned, there is also Hayden and Zayden, and I have even seen Trayden mentioned a few times here (if I am not mistaken, some B-list celebrity named her kid Trayden earlier this year--I'll have to Google it and see what comes up).
Reply:i like "aiden" names
Reply:That is nauseating.





EMT
Reply:ive never heard of anyone named those names at all 0.o
Reply:when i hear those names all i can say is "ugh". they are hideous names