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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #20 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 80 boysAKMaine: #32 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 101 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 126 boysVTNew Hampshire: #38 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 126 boysNHWashington: #29 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 120 boysWAIdaho: #32 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 111 boysIDMontana: #27 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 103 boysMTNorth Dakota: #19 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 77 boysNDMinnesota: #29 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 98 boysMNIllinois: #34 for boys · 605 births · 1 in 145 boysILWisconsin: #31 for boys · 319 births · 1 in 103 boysWIMichigan: #28 for boys · 685 births · 1 in 100 boysMINew York: #45 for boys · 687 births · 1 in 196 boysNYMassachusetts: #58 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 231 boysMARhode Island: #42 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 149 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 108 boysORNevada: #29 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 122 boysNVWyoming: #23 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 91 boysWYSouth Dakota: #30 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 101 boysSDIowa: #26 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 93 boysIAIndiana: #24 for boys · 419 births · 1 in 95 boysINOhio: #25 for boys · 829 births · 1 in 96 boysOHPennsylvania: #39 for boys · 585 births · 1 in 137 boysPANew Jersey: #49 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 221 boysNJConnecticut: #45 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 183 boysCTCalifornia: #34 for boys · 1,797 births · 1 in 160 boysCAUtah: #30 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 122 boysUTColorado: #24 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 90 boysCONebraska: #32 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 110 boysNEMissouri: #23 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 97 boysMOKentucky: #24 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 91 boysKYWest Virginia: #22 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 88 boysWVVirginia: #35 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 130 boysVAMaryland: #36 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 126 boysMDDelaware: #34 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 112 boysDEArizona: #31 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 133 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 87 boysNMKansas: #23 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 96 boysKSArkansas: #21 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 86 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 142 boysTNNorth Carolina: #27 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 115 boysNCSouth Carolina: #35 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 155 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #28 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 127 boysDCOklahoma: #23 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 98 boysOKLouisiana: #24 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 115 boysLAMississippi: #38 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 173 boysMSAlabama: #38 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 168 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 198 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 87 boysHITexas: #25 for boys · 1,207 births · 1 in 127 boysTXFlorida: #42 for boys · 490 births · 1 in 182 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#15 · 1 in 87
  2. North Dakota#19 · 1 in 77
  3. Alaska#20 · 1 in 80
  4. Arkansas#21 · 1 in 86
  5. Hawaii#21 · 1 in 87

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#151321 in 87
North Dakota#19551 in 77
Alaska#20551 in 80
Arkansas#211731 in 86
Hawaii#21801 in 87
West Virginia#221181 in 88
Kansas#231671 in 96
Missouri#233861 in 97
Oklahoma#232121 in 98
Wyoming#23261 in 91
Colorado#242711 in 90
Indiana#244191 in 95
Kentucky#242731 in 91
Louisiana#242701 in 115
Ohio#258291 in 96
Texas#251,2071 in 127
Iowa#261921 in 93
Montana#27431 in 103
North Carolina#273991 in 115
District of Columbia#28621 in 127
Michigan#286851 in 100
Minnesota#293171 in 98
Nevada#29751 in 122
Oregon#291831 in 108
Washington#293001 in 120
South Dakota#30451 in 101
Utah#301361 in 122
Arizona#312281 in 133
Wisconsin#313191 in 103
Idaho#32621 in 111
Maine#32731 in 101
Nebraska#32961 in 110
Tennessee#332491 in 142
California#341,7971 in 160
Delaware#34421 in 112
Illinois#346051 in 145
South Carolina#351501 in 155
Virginia#353231 in 130
Maryland#362601 in 126
Alabama#381571 in 168
Mississippi#38971 in 173
New Hampshire#38571 in 126
Pennsylvania#395851 in 137
Florida#424901 in 182
Rhode Island#42441 in 149
Georgia#442461 in 198
Vermont#44251 in 126
Connecticut#451181 in 183
New York#456871 in 196
New Jersey#492421 in 221
Massachusetts#581801 in 231

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 1991

girls
#1,517
102 births · 1 in 18,382 girls
boys
#31
14,242 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #1,517Aaron102

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #31Aaron14,242
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 18,382 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 90.2% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #1,505Shatara103
  2. #1,505Sondra103
  3. #1,505Unnamed103
  4. #1,517Aaron102
  5. #1,517Adria102
  6. #1,517Aleisha102
  7. #1,517Anisha102
  8. #1,537Allegra101
  9. #1,537Anastacia101
  10. #1,537Daisha101

Tied with 19 names at #1,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 142 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 99.7% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #28Thomas16,789
  2. #29Jordan16,020
  3. #30Brian14,915
  4. #31Aaron14,242
  5. #32Timothy14,154
  6. #33Benjamin13,877
  7. #34Richard12,553
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →