Aaron

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #80 for boys in 2025, 4,041 births
Given to boys 99.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 14,385 births
Debut · boys
102 births
In top 100 · boys
58 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
614,462
since 1880

Aaron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #28, 1994boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#804,041
2024#12,1617#794,245
2023#13,4626#684,577
2022#9,05611#714,527
2021#6,96716#654,856
2020#10,2509#635,100
2019#5,98620#615,548
2018#7,40915#605,996
2017#6,04420#477,219
2016#5,62223#497,178
2015#6,23620#527,177
2014#5,45624#507,412
2013#9,61211#517,319
2012#6,11021#517,545
2011#6,14821#517,624
2010#5,77123#557,470
2009#4,57132#547,983
2008#5,01329#508,545
2007#5,89523#518,948
2006#5,54524#578,310
2005#5,11325#577,811
2004#2,80857#538,400
2003#3,65538#508,874
2002#3,28342#439,008
2001#3,54937#429,552
2000#3,66435#419,561
1999#2,73750#389,860
1998#2,37059#3710,552
1997#2,07068#3311,170
1996#1,82680#3411,971
1995#1,71585#3013,291
1994#1,495105#2814,385
1993#1,471108#3013,837
1992#1,66191#3014,512
1991#1,517102#3114,242
1990#1,73384#3414,557
1989#1,47199#3115,308
1988#1,164131#3114,408
1987#1,070143#3412,685
1986#1,105134#3312,692
1985#1,060139#3313,137
1984#1,044135#2913,401
1983#880172#2914,460
1982#972152#3014,406
1981#955153#3014,694
1980#884173#3413,166
1979#989144#3213,076
1978#913155#3212,299
1977#947146#3211,631
1976#872154#3011,344
1975#998122#3210,548
1974#1,22689#3210,507
1973#1,34974#349,232
1972#1,54160#407,863
1971#1,48868#418,403
1970#1,45270#526,584
1969#1,89743#614,596
1968#2,63023#873,428
1967#2,86819#1062,910
1966#2,83919#1172,599
1965#2,24728#1302,411
1964#2,24629#1382,381
1963#3,80112#1602,079
1962#3,78212#1592,008
1961#4,23910#1671,890
1960#2,72920#1781,768
1959#3,43613#1911,540
1958—#1991,402
1957#3,69611#2001,349
1956#3,18614#2061,277
1955#3,57111#2171,099
1954#4,6557#223972
1953#4,2268#223901
1952#4,9086#216939
1951#3,28411#223864
1950#4,3157#230798
1949#4,2357#227794
1948#3,8838#244701
1947#4,0078#252681
1946—#261578
1945—#270484
1944#3,6877#264506
1943#3,4938#255551
1942#4,1246#236569
1941—#227562
1940—#234514
1939—#245471
1938#4,3425#247477
1937#4,2555#249465
1936—#250443
1935#4,2045#251460
1934—#239477
1933—#242464
1932—#233514
1931#2,9729#250457
1930#4,0476#252499
1929#4,0536#258469
1928—#233561
1927#4,2866#240546
1926#3,5648#227593
1925#2,93911#215644
1924—#203682
1923#3,6418#209618
1922#4,4456#196699
1921—#197697
1920—#199668
1919—#195645
1918#3,8697#196656
1917#4,5945#197596
1916#4,4175#195583
1915—#198553
1914#3,6185#183485
1913—#166417
1912—#190303
1911—#171187
1910—#187145
1909—#173142
1908—#187114
1907—#166130
1906—#18896
1905—#18896
1904—#162117
1903—#17593
1902—#20178
1901—#17980
1900—#193104
1899—#19171
1898—#17789
1897—#17787
1896—#21669
1895—#16694
1894—#18879
1893—#17681
1892—#16695
1891—#18469
1890—#14796
1889—#15885
1888—#16690
1887—#16078
1886—#16186
1885—#15388
1884—#14297
1883—#121105
1882—#16185
1881—#12794
1880—#131102
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Aaron was already there! It came in at #131, and was given to 102 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1899, when fewer than 98 boys a year got the name.

Where Aaron is popular in 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #83 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 341 boysAKMaine: #62 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 297 boysMEVermont: #54 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 259 boysVTNew Hampshire: #94 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 665 boysNHWashington: #45 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 213 boysWAIdaho: #68 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 243 boysIDMontana: #136 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 623 boysMTNorth Dakota: #93 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 448 boysNDMinnesota: #85 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 442 boysMNIllinois: #74 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 466 boysILWisconsin: #105 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 669 boysWIMichigan: #71 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 416 boysMINew York: #109 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 758 boysNYMassachusetts: #112 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,085 boysMARhode Island: #66 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 474 boysRIOregon: #42 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 184 boysORNevada: #95 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 420 boysNVWyoming: #95 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 439 boysWYSouth Dakota: #119 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 538 boysSDIowa: #87 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 451 boysIAIndiana: #61 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 338 boysINOhio: #69 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 426 boysOHPennsylvania: #83 for boys · 171 births · 1 in 530 boysPANew Jersey: #125 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 892 boysNJConnecticut: #93 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 680 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 559 births · 1 in 299 boysCAUtah: #98 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 455 boysUTColorado: #83 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 405 boysCONebraska: #103 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 528 boysNEMissouri: #85 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 469 boysMOKentucky: #118 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 753 boysKYWest Virginia: #108 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 687 boysWVVirginia: #114 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 675 boysVAMaryland: #74 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 433 boysMDDelaware: #69 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 384 boysDEArizona: #82 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 381 boysAZNew Mexico: #100 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 463 boysNMKansas: #77 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 336 boysKSArkansas: #146 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 746 boysARTennessee: #128 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 741 boysTNNorth Carolina: #148 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 868 boysNCSouth Carolina: #114 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 533 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #49 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 252 boysDCOklahoma: #108 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 555 boysOKLouisiana: #107 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 471 boysLAMississippi: #131 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 650 boysMSAlabama: #165 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 935 boysALGeorgia: #173 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 952 boysGAHawaii: #46 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 183 boysHITexas: #143 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 656 boysTXFlorida: #119 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 586 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#42 · 1 in 184
  2. Washington#45 · 1 in 213
  3. Hawaii#46 · 1 in 183
  4. District of Columbia#49 · 1 in 252
  5. California#50 · 1 in 299

Best ever in a state: #12 in Wyoming, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#42811 in 184
Washington#451251 in 213
Hawaii#46321 in 183
District of Columbia#49471 in 252
California#505591 in 299
Vermont#54121 in 259
Indiana#611301 in 338
Maine#62261 in 297
Rhode Island#66151 in 474
Idaho#68221 in 243
Delaware#69111 in 384
Ohio#692121 in 426
Michigan#711831 in 416
Illinois#741961 in 466
Maryland#74641 in 433
Kansas#77461 in 336
Arizona#82381 in 381
Alaska#8381 in 341
Colorado#83441 in 405
Pennsylvania#831711 in 530
Minnesota#85701 in 442
Missouri#85781 in 469
Iowa#87501 in 451
Connecticut#93331 in 680
North Dakota#93111 in 448
New Hampshire#9481 in 665
Nevada#9581 in 420
Wyoming#9551 in 439
Utah#98231 in 455
New Mexico#100191 in 463
Nebraska#103211 in 528
Wisconsin#105531 in 669
Louisiana#107731 in 471
Oklahoma#108331 in 555
West Virginia#108201 in 687
New York#1091951 in 758
Massachusetts#112421 in 1,085
South Carolina#114421 in 533
Virginia#114541 in 675
Kentucky#118361 in 753
Florida#119811 in 586
South Dakota#11991 in 538
New Jersey#125591 in 892
Tennessee#128441 in 741
Mississippi#131311 in 650
Montana#13681 in 623
Texas#1431561 in 656
Arkansas#146201 in 746
North Carolina#148501 in 868
Alabama#165311 in 935
Georgia#173431 in 952

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Aaron
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#79 → #80)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#63 → #80)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#52 → #80)
  • Biggest jump: 40 spots in 1883 (#161 → #121)
  • Biggest drop: 50 spots in 1896 (#166 → #216)
Rise & fade · boys
114 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1994 at #28 (14,385 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 58 yrs · run 1968–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 122
  • Highest: 1 in 122 boys born in 1981 were named Aaron (0.82%)
  • Latest: 1 in 423 boys born in 2025 (0.24%)
  • Its best rank, #28 in 1994, was only 1 in 134 (0.74%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Aaron (138,357) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s910#121 (1883)#148
1890s830#147 (1890)#179
1900s1,050#162 (1904)#181
1910s4,570#166 (1913)#188
1920s6,177#196 (1922)#218
1930s4,727#233 (1932)#246
1940s5,940#227 (1949)#247
1950s11,141#191 (1959)#213
1960s26,070#61 (1969)#130
1970s101,487#30 (1976)#36
1980s138,357#29 (1983)#31
1990s128,377#28 (1994)#33
2000s86,992#41 (2000)#50
2010s70,488#47 (2017)#53
2020s27,346#63 (2020)#71

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aaron in 1968

girls
#2,630
23 births · 1 in 71,321 girls
boys
#87
3,428 births · 1 in 507 boys

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #2,630Aaron23

Top boys' names in 1968

  1. #1Michael81,968
  2. #2David63,679
  3. #3John60,903
  4. #4James60,665
  5. #5Robert58,174
  6. #6William36,927
  7. #7Mark35,401
  8. #8Richard32,976
  9. #9Christopher31,468
  10. #10Brian29,922
  11. #87Aaron3,428
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 71,321 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 67.9% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #2,538Trenna24
  2. #2,538Vanita24
  3. #2,538Yvonna24
  4. #2,630Aaron23
  5. #2,630Albertina23
  6. #2,630Alita23
  7. #2,630Angelena23
  8. #2,708Abbe22
  9. #2,708Andrena22
  10. #2,708Angelika22

Tied with 77 names at #2,630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 507 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 98.2% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #84Marc3,537
  2. #85Joe3,522
  3. #86Darrell3,446
  4. #87Aaron3,428
  5. #87Jay3,428
  6. #89Steve3,408
  7. #90Jeff3,279
  8. #91Dale3,257

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 649Dustin#1,018 → #369
  2. ↑ 567Damion#1,411 → #844
  3. ↑ 490Korey#1,388 → #898
  4. ↑ 434Darby#1,364 → #930
  5. ↑ 393Jamal#1,181 → #788
Fallers
  1. ↓ 926Illya#968 → #1,894
  2. ↓ 357Maury#925 → #1,282
  3. ↓ 298Cedrick#885 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 290Dell#875 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 257Faron#843 → #1,100

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1968 →