Aiden

#4,878 for girls in 2025, 27 births · #62 for boys in 2025, 5,046 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2010 · 15,547 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
257,765
since 1970

Aiden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #9, 2010boys
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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#4,87827#625,046
2024#5,14825#476,262
2023#5,12625#406,701
2022#3,47045#297,852
2021#4,50730#268,313
2020#3,17949#248,619
2019#3,49944#209,403
2018#3,91837#1910,062
2017#3,47944#1711,357
2016#3,65642#1612,269
2015#2,89060#1313,506
2014#2,92258#1413,438
2013#2,43974#1213,649
2012#2,14588#1014,924
2011#2,08892#915,520
2010#1,873108#915,547
2009#1,866113#1216,030
2008#1,605141#1615,592
2007#1,370176#2713,113
2006#1,552140#3211,591
2005#1,574129#509,083
2004#1,593123#607,161
2003#1,769106#735,684
2002#2,14278#1352,832
2001#2,36067#2171,587
2000#2,63256#324881
1999#3,56934#473479
1998#3,83130#545367
1997#3,54732#638264
1996#5,28018#825174
1995#4,51822#937140
1994#5,71316#1,25486
1993#10,5887#1,72150
1992—#2,00239
1991—#2,54427
1990—#3,60716
1989#12,3625#3,80914
1988#10,3866#3,52314
1987—#5,4597
1986—#6,7215
1985—#2,59819
1984—#5,5616
1983—#6,2385
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five boys were named Aiden! It came in at #4,230, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971–1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Aiden is popular in 2008

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #6 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 73 boysAKMaine: #8 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 74 boysMEVermont: #14 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 72 boysVTNew Hampshire: #5 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 60 boysNHWashington: #8 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 109 boysWAIdaho: #6 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 101 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 96 boysMTNorth Dakota: #2 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 60 boysNDMinnesota: #18 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 110 boysMNIllinois: #17 for boys · 607 births · 1 in 123 boysILWisconsin: #8 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 98 boysWIMichigan: #6 for boys · 530 births · 1 in 97 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 817 births · 1 in 134 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 103 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 85 boysRIOregon: #5 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 99 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 100 boysNVWyoming: #21 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #11 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 93 boysSDIowa: #17 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 116 boysIAIndiana: #5 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 96 boysINOhio: #8 for boys · 650 births · 1 in 99 boysOHPennsylvania: #11 for boys · 659 births · 1 in 97 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 127 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 104 boysCTCalifornia: #26 for boys · 1,793 births · 1 in 142 boysCAUtah: #24 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 148 boysUTColorado: #19 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 125 boysCONebraska: #11 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 107 boysNEMissouri: #13 for boys · 311 births · 1 in 111 boysMOKentucky: #8 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 89 boysKYWest Virginia: #6 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 75 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 383 births · 1 in 112 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 112 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 116 boysDEArizona: #16 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 111 boysAZNew Mexico: #19 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 104 boysNMKansas: #2 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 81 boysKSArkansas: #7 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 92 boysARTennessee: #15 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 110 boysTNNorth Carolina: #18 for boys · 468 births · 1 in 119 boysNCSouth Carolina: #29 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 133 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #63 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 223 boysDCOklahoma: #5 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 108 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 119 boysLAMississippi: #19 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 120 boysMSAlabama: #19 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 117 boysALGeorgia: #25 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 141 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 83 boysHITexas: #17 for boys · 1,487 births · 1 in 127 boysTXFlorida: #15 for boys · 878 births · 1 in 114 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Dakota#2 · 1 in 60
  2. Kansas#2 · 1 in 81
  3. New Hampshire#5 · 1 in 60
  4. Indiana#5 · 1 in 96
  5. Oregon#5 · 1 in 99

Best ever in a state: #1 in Alaska, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#22081 in 81
North Dakota#2581 in 60
Indiana#53991 in 96
New Hampshire#5881 in 60
Oklahoma#51991 in 108
Oregon#52041 in 99
Alaska#6481 in 73
Idaho#6911 in 101
Michigan#65301 in 97
West Virginia#61151 in 75
Arkansas#71661 in 92
Hawaii#8601 in 83
Kentucky#82661 in 89
Maine#8691 in 74
Ohio#86501 in 99
Washington#83421 in 109
Wisconsin#83011 in 98
Montana#9441 in 96
Nevada#101511 in 100
Nebraska#11971 in 107
Pennsylvania#116591 in 97
South Dakota#11451 in 93
Louisiana#132111 in 119
Missouri#133111 in 111
Vermont#14271 in 72
Florida#158781 in 114
Tennessee#153421 in 110
Arizona#163921 in 111
Illinois#176071 in 123
Iowa#171421 in 116
Texas#171,4871 in 127
Minnesota#182711 in 110
North Carolina#184681 in 119
Virginia#183831 in 112
Alabama#192141 in 117
Colorado#192381 in 125
Mississippi#191311 in 120
New Mexico#191071 in 104
Rhode Island#19531 in 85
Maryland#202661 in 112
Connecticut#211551 in 104
Massachusetts#213111 in 103
Wyoming#21201 in 106
New York#248171 in 134
Utah#241601 in 148
Georgia#254331 in 141
New Jersey#253591 in 127
California#261,7931 in 142
Delaware#29341 in 116
South Carolina#291731 in 133
District of Columbia#63191 in 223

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 Aiden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#47 → #62)
  • 38 spots since 2020 (#24 → #62)
  • 49 spots since 2015 (#13 → #62)
  • Biggest jump: 317 spots in 1995 (#1,254 → #937)
  • Biggest drop: 15 spots in 2025 (#47 → #62)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 2010 at #9 (15,547 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: 3 yrs · run 2010–2012
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 2003–2025
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 122
  • Highest: 1 in 122 boys born in 2011 were named Aiden (0.82%)
  • Latest: 1 in 339 boys born in 2025 (0.30%)
  • Its best rank, #9 in 2010, was only 1 in 123 (0.81%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 50.3% of all boys named Aiden (129,675) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s25#4,230 (1970)#4,807
1980s76#2,598 (1985)#4,922
1990s1,642#473 (1999)#1,455
2000s83,554#12 (2009)#95
2010s129,675#9 (2010)#14
2020s42,793#24 (2020)#38

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.

Aiden in 2008

girls
#1,605
141 births · 1 in 13,411 girls
boys
#16
15,592 births · 1 in 131 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #1,605Aiden141

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #16Aiden15,592
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 13,411 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 92.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #1,597Lucie142
  2. #1,597Maxine142
  3. #1,597Rosie142
  4. #1,605Aiden141
  5. #1,605Betty141
  6. #1,605Carsyn141
  7. #1,605Ellery141
  8. #1,620Anaiah140
  9. #1,620Annamarie140
  10. #1,620Farah140

Tied with 14 names at #1,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

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

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 131 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #13Joseph16,599
  2. #14David16,347
  3. #15Noah15,808
  4. #16Aiden15,592
  5. #17James15,190
  6. #18Ryan14,686
  7. #19Logan13,861
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

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

See the top 100 for 2008 →