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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #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 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #184 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 512 boysAKMaine: #162 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 508 boysMEVermont: #108 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 278 boysVTNew Hampshire: #114 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 359 boysNHWashington: #90 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 367 boysWAIdaho: #134 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 471 boysIDMontana: #147 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 435 boysMTNorth Dakota: #156 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 441 boysNDMinnesota: #171 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 679 boysMNIllinois: #80 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 359 boysILWisconsin: #109 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 419 boysWIMichigan: #135 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 505 boysMINew York: #44 for boys · 372 births · 1 in 240 boysNYMassachusetts: #92 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 361 boysMARhode Island: #151 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 488 boysRIOregon: #153 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 568 boysORNevada: #58 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 242 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aaron, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aaron, so not publishedSDIowa: #123 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 426 boysIAIndiana: #129 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 496 boysINOhio: #124 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 480 boysOHPennsylvania: #110 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 423 boysPANew Jersey: #45 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 224 boysNJConnecticut: #90 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 341 boysCTCalifornia: #36 for boys · 925 births · 1 in 205 boysCAUtah: #70 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 310 boysUTColorado: #114 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 410 boysCONebraska: #126 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 423 boysNEMissouri: #131 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 492 boysMOKentucky: #111 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 405 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aaron, so not publishedWVVirginia: #79 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 340 boysVAMaryland: #56 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 252 boysMDDelaware: #62 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 189 boysDEArizona: #89 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 371 boysAZNew Mexico: #55 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 234 boysNMKansas: #110 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 406 boysKSArkansas: #147 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 500 boysARTennessee: #91 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 369 boysTNNorth Carolina: #106 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 425 boysNCSouth Carolina: #115 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 422 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #78 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 280 boysDCOklahoma: #52 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 256 boysOKLouisiana: #150 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 543 boysLAMississippi: #152 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 521 boysMSAlabama: #102 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 393 boysALGeorgia: #78 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 334 boysGAHawaii: #164 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 490 boysHITexas: #47 for boys · 690 births · 1 in 248 boysTXFlorida: #54 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 256 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#36 · 1 in 205
  2. New York#44 · 1 in 240
  3. New Jersey#45 · 1 in 224
  4. Texas#47 · 1 in 248
  5. Oklahoma#52 · 1 in 256

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#369251 in 205
New York#443721 in 240
New Jersey#451811 in 224
Texas#476901 in 248
Oklahoma#52701 in 256
Florida#543621 in 256
New Mexico#55301 in 234
Maryland#56991 in 252
Nevada#58491 in 242
Delaware#62171 in 189
Utah#70621 in 310
District of Columbia#78121 in 280
Georgia#781511 in 334
Virginia#791151 in 340
Illinois#801501 in 359
Arizona#89881 in 371
Connecticut#90411 in 341
Washington#90911 in 367
Tennessee#91971 in 369
Massachusetts#92791 in 361
Alabama#102561 in 393
North Carolina#1061201 in 425
Vermont#10851 in 278
Wisconsin#109581 in 419
Kansas#110341 in 406
Pennsylvania#1101311 in 423
Kentucky#111491 in 405
Colorado#114631 in 410
New Hampshire#114131 in 359
South Carolina#115481 in 422
Iowa#123331 in 426
Ohio#1241131 in 480
Nebraska#126211 in 423
Indiana#129661 in 496
Missouri#131581 in 492
Idaho#134171 in 471
Michigan#135851 in 505
Arkansas#147261 in 500
Montana#14781 in 435
Louisiana#150401 in 543
Rhode Island#15171 in 488
Mississippi#152231 in 521
Oregon#153281 in 568
North Dakota#15681 in 441
Maine#16281 in 508
Hawaii#16471 in 490
Minnesota#171371 in 679
Alaska#18451 in 512
South Dakota———
West Virginia———
Wyoming———

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 2021

girls
#6,967
16 births · 1 in 102,554 girls
boys
#65
4,856 births · 1 in 360 boys

Top girls' names in 2021

  1. #1Olivia17,847
  2. #2Emma15,549
  3. #3Charlotte13,368
  4. #4Amelia13,041
  5. #5Ava12,873
  6. #6Sophia12,585
  7. #7Isabella11,309
  8. #8Mia11,177
  9. #9Evelyn9,495
  10. #10Harper8,448
  11. #6,967Aaron16

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #65Aaron4,856
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 102,554 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 60.6% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #6,691Zerenity17
  2. #6,691Zira17
  3. #6,691Zyiah17
  4. #6,967Aaron16
  5. #6,967Aairah16
  6. #6,967Aalyah16
  7. #6,967Abiha16
  8. #7,250Aadvika15
  9. #7,250Aalaya15
  10. #7,250Aaminah15

Tied with 282 names at #6,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 437Raya#932 → #495
  2. ↑ 396Wrenley#893 → #497
  3. ↑ 298Angelique#1,173 → #875
  4. ↑ 283Emberlynn#1,241 → #958
  5. ↑ 276Flora#924 → #648
Fallers
  1. ↓ 475Denisse#852 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 347Denise#876 → #1,223
  3. ↓ 267Karen#821 → #1,088
  4. ↓ 227Keily#854 → #1,081
  5. ↓ 227Nathalie#911 → #1,138

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

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 360 of them was named Aaron, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aaron
  1. #62Cameron5,126
  2. #63Santiago5,076
  3. #64Eli4,913
  4. #65Aaron4,856
  5. #66Ryan4,735
  6. #67Angel4,718
  7. #68Cooper4,673
Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021 →