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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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 1971

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #24 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 86 boysAKMaine: #38 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 138 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 173 boysVTNew Hampshire: #35 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 117 boysNHWashington: #19 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 77 boysWAIdaho: #19 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 82 boysIDMontana: #38 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 139 boysMTNorth Dakota: #33 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 130 boysNDMinnesota: #35 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 146 boysMNIllinois: #40 for boys · 445 births · 1 in 205 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 198 births · 1 in 171 boysWIMichigan: #38 for boys · 457 births · 1 in 167 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 311 boysNYMassachusetts: #47 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 238 boysMARhode Island: #74 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 449 boysRIOregon: #19 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 82 boysORNevada: #28 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 107 boysNVWyoming: #30 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #31 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 128 boysSDIowa: #27 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 100 boysIAIndiana: #38 for boys · 309 births · 1 in 148 boysINOhio: #38 for boys · 560 births · 1 in 165 boysOHPennsylvania: #46 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 240 boysPANew Jersey: #79 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 474 boysNJConnecticut: #55 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 322 boysCTCalifornia: #27 for boys · 1,218 births · 1 in 133 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 112 boysUTColorado: #29 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 119 boysCONebraska: #38 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 153 boysNEMissouri: #35 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 146 boysMOKentucky: #68 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 331 boysKYWest Virginia: #50 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 233 boysWVVirginia: #46 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 241 boysVAMaryland: #40 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 188 boysMDDelaware: #39 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 163 boysDEArizona: #39 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 188 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 178 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 98 boysKSArkansas: #74 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 319 boysARTennessee: #93 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 487 boysTNNorth Carolina: #74 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 368 boysNCSouth Carolina: #100 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 468 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #39 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 163 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 200 boysOKLouisiana: #64 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 298 boysLAMississippi: #123 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 592 boysMSAlabama: #129 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 670 boysALGeorgia: #129 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 664 boysGAHawaii: #32 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 135 boysHITexas: #69 for boys · 357 births · 1 in 319 boysTXFlorida: #49 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 277 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Washington#19 · 1 in 77
  2. Idaho#19 · 1 in 82
  3. Oregon#19 · 1 in 82
  4. Kansas#23 · 1 in 98
  5. Alaska#24 · 1 in 86

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#19721 in 82
Oregon#191911 in 82
Washington#193271 in 77
Kansas#231611 in 98
Alaska#24371 in 86
California#271,2181 in 133
Iowa#272141 in 100
Nevada#28351 in 107
Utah#281121 in 112
Colorado#291601 in 119
Wyoming#30221 in 106
South Dakota#31381 in 128
Hawaii#32461 in 135
North Dakota#33371 in 130
Minnesota#352041 in 146
Missouri#352621 in 146
New Hampshire#35491 in 117
Indiana#383091 in 148
Maine#38581 in 138
Michigan#384571 in 167
Montana#38371 in 139
Nebraska#38751 in 153
Ohio#385601 in 165
Arizona#39931 in 188
Delaware#39261 in 163
District of Columbia#39661 in 163
Wisconsin#391981 in 171
Illinois#404451 in 205
Maryland#401411 in 188
New Mexico#41541 in 178
Vermont#44191 in 173
Pennsylvania#463681 in 240
Virginia#461521 in 241
Massachusetts#471791 in 238
Oklahoma#471011 in 200
Florida#491941 in 277
West Virginia#50621 in 233
New York#524411 in 311
Connecticut#55641 in 322
Louisiana#641111 in 298
Kentucky#68881 in 331
Texas#693571 in 319
Arkansas#74501 in 319
North Carolina#741211 in 368
Rhode Island#74151 in 449
New Jersey#791091 in 474
Tennessee#93711 in 487
South Carolina#100501 in 468
Mississippi#123361 in 592
Alabama#129451 in 670
Georgia#129661 in 664

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 1971

girls
#1,488
68 births · 1 in 24,468 girls
boys
#41
8,403 births · 1 in 210 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #1,488Aaron68

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #41Aaron8,403
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 24,468 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 84.6% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #1,473Nola69
  2. #1,473Sabra69
  3. #1,473Wendie69
  4. #1,488Aaron68
  5. #1,488Alexa68
  6. #1,488Aundrea68
  7. #1,488Bambi68
  8. #1,500Annamaria67
  9. #1,500Brigid67
  10. #1,500Donald67

Tied with 11 names at #1,488; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 210 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #38Gary9,190
  2. #39Douglas8,737
  3. #40Jonathan8,628
  4. #41Aaron8,403
  5. #42George8,226
  6. #43Craig7,957
  7. #44Larry7,763
Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 754Germaine#1,582 → #828
  2. ↑ 626Jeramie#1,546 → #920
  3. ↑ 512Jeremey#1,396 → #884
  4. ↑ 473Jarod#1,337 → #864
  5. ↑ 454Jamel#1,374 → #920
Fallers
  1. ↓ 328Adolph#926 → #1,254
  2. ↓ 272Dwane#1,000 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 266Bronson#861 → #1,127
  4. ↓ 244Mitch#921 → #1,165
  5. ↓ 242Enrico#839 → #1,081

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →