Drayden is a modern American coinage that blends the surname-style first syllable of Dray or Drake with the hugely popular -ayden ending of Jayden and Brayden. It has no meaning of its own beyond its parts; Dray is an old English word for a "cart" and Drake means "dragon". In the United States Drayden peaked at number 1106 in 2012 and ranks at number 2849 in 2025.