Aidan rhyming trend

The names Aidan, Braden, Caden, Hayden, and Jaden and their many variants are currently extremely popular in the United States. Authors Linda Rosenkrantz and Pamela Redmond Satran referred to it as a "millennial megatrend" in their 2007 book The Baby Name Bible. The popularity of each of these rhyming names has also been increased by the popularity of similar sounding names such as Aidan, Braden, Hayden, and Jaden. The New York Times noted the trend toward rhyming names such as Aidan, Braden, Caden, Hayden and Jayden in an October 12, 2007 article. The spelling Jayden was ranked in tenth place for baby boys born in New York City in 2006, but when the spelling variants Jayden, Jaden, and Jaiden were combined, it was the most popular name for boys in New York City in 2006. A Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter noted the "rhymes with Aidan phenomenon" in a 2005 article.

Statistics
Aidan was the 44th most popular name for baby boys in the United States in 2006., while Aiden, a spelling variant, was the 30th most popular name for boys,spelling variant Ayden was ranked in 119th place for boys in 2006, variant Aden was ranked in 244th place, variant Adan was ranked in 302nd place, and variant Aydan was ranked in 576th place for boys. Spelling variant Aydin was ranked in 731st place for boys in 2006 while the variant Aedan was ranked as the 760th most popular name in the United States in 2006 for boysAidyn, yet another spelling variant, was ranked as the 910th most popular name for boys born in 2006 Variants of Braden, Caden, Hayden and Jaden have been equally popular. The spelling variant Brayden was the 79th most popular name for boys in the United States in 2006, while Braden was the 141st most popular name for boys in the United States in 2006, and Braeden was in 331st place. Spelling variant Braydon was the 396th most popular name in the United States for boys in 2006, while spelling variant Braiden was the 602nd most popular name for boys. Caden was the 91st most popular name for baby boys born in 2006 in the United States, while its spelling variant Kaden was in the 92nd place and spelling variant Cayden was in 213th place for baby boys born in 2006 and spelling variant Kaiden was in 242nd place. Jayden was the 50th most popular name for baby boys in 2006 in the United States and the 203rd most popular name for baby girls, while spelling variant Jaden was in 88th place for boys in 2006 and in 304th place for girls in 2006. Spelling variant Jaiden was in 214th place for boys and in 464th place for girls in 2006. The spelling variant Jadyn was ranked in 286th place for baby girls in the United States in 2006 and in 754th place for boys. The name Hayden was ranked in 73rd place for boys and in 416th place for girls born in the United States in 2006.

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