Fun Facts About the Name Iden
- 476 babies named Iden: U.S. records list 476 babies given the name Iden from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Iden - about 1 girl for every 94 boys.
What Does the Name Iden Mean?
Iden is an English name, usually explained as "Ida's woodland pasture." It comes from place names made of two Old English elements: the personal name Ida and denn, a word for a woodland pasture, particularly one used for swine. The village of Iden in East Sussex and places such as Iden Green in Kent lie in exactly the region where denn is a common element in local names. Read literally, the sense is a pasture or clearing belonging to a man named Ida; it is not a description of anyone's character.
A second explanation is sometimes given. The woman's name Idonea, which was used in England in the centuries after the Norman Conquest, is also treated as a source of surnames resembling Iden, alongside forms like Iddins and Iddens. Which explanation lies behind any one family's surname cannot always be settled, and the two need not conflict, since different places and families could arrive at the same spelling by different routes.
Iden Name History & Origins
Iden is found as an English surname from the Middle Ages onward, mainly in Kent and Sussex, the counties in which the places called Iden and Iden Green are located. It belongs to the broad group of English surnames taken from the place a person lived in or moved from, and it appears in local records as a family name well before it was much used as a first name.
The best-known early literary appearance is Alexander Iden, the Kentish squire who kills the rebel Jack Cade in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2, written in the early 1590s. The character's name and his Kentish setting match the place-name surname tradition, but this is a literary use of the name rather than its origin.
As a given name, Iden has stayed uncommon. It is used in the English-speaking world as a surname-style first name rather than as a traditional biblical or saint's name, and it is also occasionally chosen for its resemblance to the older name Ida.
How Popular is the Name Iden?
Iden 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 2014. Its best rank was #2,826 in 2014.
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 | #16,080 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,224 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,735 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #6,668 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,271 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2021 | #5,419 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #4,467 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #5,418 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #4,814 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #4,031 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2016 | #4,520 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2015 | #3,546 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2014 | #2,826 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #3,793 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #3,574 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #3,931 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #6,491 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #3,510 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #5,330 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #6,030 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #5,624 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #5,121 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #6,706 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #11,547 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,546 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,185 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,951 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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How the Name Iden Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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