Fun Facts About the Name Hadden
- 539 babies named Hadden: U.S. records list 539 babies given the name Hadden from 1880 through 2025. Even 38 girls received the name Hadden - about 1 girl for every 13 boys.
What Does the Name Hadden Mean?
Hadden is an English and Scottish surname used as a given name. It is usually treated as a variant of Haddon, a place name from Old English hǣð (heath, uncultivated land) and dūn (hill, down). The literal sense is "heath hill" or "heath-covered hill," a description of the landscape rather than a personal characteristic. The -den spelling is characteristic of the Scottish place and surname; the -don spelling is more common in English place names. The meaning is not a later symbolic interpretation but the place name's original descriptive sense.
Hadden Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the place-name stock of the Old English-speaking areas of Britain. Hǣð named heathland, and dūn named a hill; a place called Hadden or Haddon would have been a settlement or landmark on or near heathland. Haddon is the usual spelling of several English places, while Hadden is the form attached to the place in Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. People who lived at such a place, or moved from it, took the place name as a surname. The surname therefore developed in England and Scotland from the same kind of landscape name. As a first name, Hadden is a transferred surname rather than an inherited medieval given name; its use as a given name is uncommon and does not depend on a single famous bearer.
How Popular is the Name Hadden?
Hadden has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #2,805 in 2004.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #16,019 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #14,100 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #14,988 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #17,408 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #15,496 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #17,043 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #16,643 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,937 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #8,474 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #10,164 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2021 | #8,397 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,915 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #9,178 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #7,297 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #12,936 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,886 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #9,916 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #6,425 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #6,754 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #4,759 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #7,162 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #4,738 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2009 | #4,482 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2008 | #4,596 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #3,108 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 2006 | #2,848 | 40 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #4,106 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2004 | #2,805 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2003 | #3,014 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2002 | #3,839 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #3,092 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #4,108 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #4,052 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #4,271 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #5,411 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #6,167 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #9,233 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,361 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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