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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 74 boysAKMaine: #21 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 74 boysMEVermont: #23 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 69 boysVTNew Hampshire: #28 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 90 boysNHWashington: #14 for boys · 318 births · 1 in 67 boysWAIdaho: #28 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 101 boysIDMontana: #25 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 94 boysMTNorth Dakota: #22 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 81 boysNDMinnesota: #26 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 91 boysMNIllinois: #31 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 155 boysILWisconsin: #30 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 115 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 516 births · 1 in 127 boysMINew York: #52 for boys · 437 births · 1 in 262 boysNYMassachusetts: #49 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 229 boysMARhode Island: #56 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 266 boysRIOregon: #14 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 59 boysORNevada: #22 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 92 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 87 boysWYSouth Dakota: #33 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 110 boysSDIowa: #22 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 81 boysIAIndiana: #30 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 106 boysINOhio: #30 for boys · 635 births · 1 in 121 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 203 boysPANew Jersey: #61 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 376 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 197 boysCTCalifornia: #26 for boys · 1,198 births · 1 in 120 boysCAUtah: #24 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 87 boysUTColorado: #28 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 100 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 84 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 109 boysMOKentucky: #52 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 230 boysKYWest Virginia: #47 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 204 boysWVVirginia: #48 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 230 boysVAMaryland: #45 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 203 boysMDDelaware: #52 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 240 boysDEArizona: #22 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 111 boysAZNew Mexico: #22 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 113 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 89 boysKSArkansas: #55 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 231 boysARTennessee: #65 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 304 boysTNNorth Carolina: #71 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 334 boysNCSouth Carolina: #82 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 402 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #40 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 181 boysDCOklahoma: #43 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 159 boysOKLouisiana: #54 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 261 boysLAMississippi: #111 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 513 boysMSAlabama: #111 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 554 boysALGeorgia: #118 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 575 boysGAHawaii: #27 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 105 boysHITexas: #47 for boys · 432 births · 1 in 242 boysTXFlorida: #50 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 256 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#14 · 1 in 59
  2. Washington#14 · 1 in 67
  3. Alaska#17 · 1 in 74
  4. Maine#21 · 1 in 74
  5. Nebraska#21 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#142421 in 59
Washington#143181 in 67
Alaska#17331 in 74
Maine#21951 in 74
Nebraska#211241 in 84
Arizona#221551 in 111
Iowa#222231 in 81
Nevada#22361 in 92
New Mexico#22781 in 113
North Dakota#22551 in 81
Kansas#231561 in 89
Vermont#23391 in 69
Utah#241461 in 87
Montana#25501 in 94
California#261,1981 in 120
Minnesota#262821 in 91
Missouri#263021 in 109
Hawaii#27561 in 105
Wyoming#27261 in 87
Colorado#281801 in 100
Idaho#28591 in 101
New Hampshire#28541 in 90
Indiana#303751 in 106
Ohio#306351 in 121
Wisconsin#302561 in 115
Illinois#315021 in 155
Michigan#325161 in 127
South Dakota#33401 in 110
District of Columbia#40461 in 181
Connecticut#42851 in 197
Oklahoma#431141 in 159
Maryland#451061 in 203
Pennsylvania#453651 in 203
Texas#474321 in 242
West Virginia#47641 in 204
Virginia#481371 in 230
Massachusetts#491541 in 229
Florida#501931 in 256
Delaware#52141 in 240
Kentucky#521121 in 230
New York#524371 in 262
Louisiana#541141 in 261
Arkansas#55651 in 231
Rhode Island#56211 in 266
New Jersey#611151 in 376
Tennessee#651031 in 304
North Carolina#711181 in 334
South Carolina#82531 in 402
Alabama#111481 in 554
Mississippi#111371 in 513
Georgia#118681 in 575

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 1973

girls
#1,349
74 births · 1 in 19,706 girls
boys
#34
9,232 births · 1 in 169 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,349Aaron74

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #34Aaron9,232
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 19,706 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 86.2% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #1,339Lorene75
  2. #1,339Madelyn75
  3. #1,339Stacee75
  4. #1,349Aaron74
  5. #1,349Alethia74
  6. #1,349Bethann74
  7. #1,349Brittney74
  8. #1,361Alena73
  9. #1,361Apryl73
  10. #1,361Edie73

Tied with 11 names at #1,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 169 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,877 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. #31Jonathan10,273
  2. #32Stephen9,955
  3. #33Jeremy9,363
  4. #34Aaron9,232
  5. #35Todd8,677
  6. #36Sean8,553
  7. #37Patrick8,480
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →