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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #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 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #22 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 81 boysAKMaine: #25 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 93 boysMEVermont: #45 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 149 boysVTNew Hampshire: #47 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 153 boysNHWashington: #20 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 77 boysWAIdaho: #34 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 108 boysIDMontana: #33 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 102 boysMTNorth Dakota: #14 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 60 boysNDMinnesota: #25 for boys · 385 births · 1 in 82 boysMNIllinois: #35 for boys · 587 births · 1 in 139 boysILWisconsin: #27 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 87 boysWIMichigan: #26 for boys · 728 births · 1 in 87 boysMINew York: #45 for boys · 528 births · 1 in 221 boysNYMassachusetts: #45 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 210 boysMARhode Island: #45 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 182 boysRIOregon: #24 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 87 boysORNevada: #27 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 93 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 75 boysWYSouth Dakota: #26 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 79 boysSDIowa: #22 for boys · 280 births · 1 in 72 boysIAIndiana: #21 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 79 boysINOhio: #28 for boys · 814 births · 1 in 94 boysOHPennsylvania: #42 for boys · 486 births · 1 in 156 boysPANew Jersey: #50 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 270 boysNJConnecticut: #42 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 186 boysCTCalifornia: #31 for boys · 1,494 births · 1 in 142 boysCAUtah: #38 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 114 boysUTColorado: #22 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 92 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 75 boysNEMissouri: #26 for boys · 365 births · 1 in 98 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 111 boysKYWest Virginia: #30 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 101 boysWVVirginia: #33 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 123 boysVAMaryland: #38 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 142 boysMDDelaware: #41 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 163 boysDEArizona: #25 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 102 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 88 boysNMKansas: #21 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 73 boysKSArkansas: #23 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 95 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 186 births · 1 in 169 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 142 boysNCSouth Carolina: #44 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 224 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #41 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 146 boysDCOklahoma: #29 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 106 boysOKLouisiana: #37 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 159 boysLAMississippi: #42 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 188 boysMSAlabama: #40 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 180 boysALGeorgia: #53 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 272 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 73 boysHITexas: #29 for boys · 1,016 births · 1 in 141 boysTXFlorida: #39 for boys · 407 births · 1 in 175 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#14 · 1 in 60
  2. Hawaii#15 · 1 in 73
  3. New Mexico#19 · 1 in 88
  4. Washington#20 · 1 in 77
  5. Kansas#21 · 1 in 73

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#14911 in 60
Hawaii#15961 in 73
New Mexico#191301 in 88
Washington#204051 in 77
Indiana#214761 in 79
Kansas#212401 in 73
Nebraska#211591 in 75
Alaska#22621 in 81
Colorado#222711 in 92
Iowa#222801 in 72
Arkansas#231591 in 95
Oregon#242151 in 87
Arizona#252431 in 102
Maine#25791 in 93
Minnesota#253851 in 82
Michigan#267281 in 87
Missouri#263651 in 98
South Dakota#26661 in 79
Nevada#27661 in 93
Wisconsin#273931 in 87
Wyoming#27491 in 75
Ohio#288141 in 94
Oklahoma#292271 in 106
Texas#291,0161 in 141
West Virginia#301161 in 101
California#311,4941 in 142
Kentucky#322211 in 111
Montana#33571 in 102
Virginia#332911 in 123
Idaho#34711 in 108
Illinois#355871 in 139
North Carolina#362761 in 142
Louisiana#372261 in 159
Maryland#381881 in 142
Utah#381541 in 114
Florida#394071 in 175
Alabama#401411 in 180
Tennessee#401861 in 169
Delaware#41241 in 163
District of Columbia#41521 in 146
Connecticut#421031 in 186
Mississippi#42951 in 188
Pennsylvania#424861 in 156
South Carolina#44921 in 224
Massachusetts#451781 in 210
New York#455281 in 221
Rhode Island#45321 in 182
Vermont#45221 in 149
New Hampshire#47421 in 153
New Jersey#501641 in 270
Georgia#531531 in 272

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 1984

girls
#1,044
135 births · 1 in 12,473 girls
boys
#29
13,401 births · 1 in 135 boys

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,044Aaron135

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #29Aaron13,401
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 12,473 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 91.4% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #1,040Kandi136
  2. #1,040Lynnette136
  3. #1,040Rebeca136
  4. #1,044Aaron135
  5. #1,044Alysia135
  6. #1,044Ivory135
  7. #1,044Karli135
  8. #1,051Alina134
  9. #1,051Katina134
  10. #1,051Kelsie134

Tied with 6 names at #1,044; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

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

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 135 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #26Timothy16,987
  2. #27Richard15,607
  3. #28Jeffrey14,758
  4. #29Aaron13,401
  5. #30Benjamin13,266
  6. #31Jeremy13,250
  7. #32Mark13,214
Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984 →