Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith used the name Jaden for their son (born 1998). They were the ones to bring this name to public attention--they probably created it as a masculine form of Jada. Jaden's popularity skyrocketed in the 90's-00's with the popularity of names like Brayden, Caden, Aidan etc. See Also: Jayden, Jaidyn, Jadon, Jaedon, Jadyn, Jaydin, Jaden (girl)