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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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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1970—#4,2306
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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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #32 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 132 boysAKMaine: #38 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 153 boysMEVermont: #54 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 152 boysVTNew Hampshire: #69 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 205 boysNHWashington: #25 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 166 boysWAIdaho: #27 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 149 boysIDMontana: #34 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 151 boysMTNorth Dakota: #88 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 289 boysNDMinnesota: #23 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 160 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 434 births · 1 in 143 boysILWisconsin: #27 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 173 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 308 births · 1 in 151 boysMINew York: #18 for boys · 773 births · 1 in 126 boysNYMassachusetts: #38 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 167 boysMARhode Island: #33 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 122 boysRIOregon: #30 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 172 boysORNevada: #15 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 111 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 85 boysWYSouth Dakota: #42 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 164 boysSDIowa: #26 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 173 boysIAIndiana: #34 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 187 boysINOhio: #26 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 174 boysOHPennsylvania: #29 for boys · 359 births · 1 in 162 boysPANew Jersey: #18 for boys · 345 births · 1 in 118 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 128 boysCTCalifornia: #14 for boys · 1,642 births · 1 in 131 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 183 boysUTColorado: #21 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 146 boysCONebraska: #30 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 171 boysNEMissouri: #32 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 182 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 143 boysKYWest Virginia: #36 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 141 boysWVVirginia: #18 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 134 boysVAMaryland: #17 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 136 boysMDDelaware: #25 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 119 boysDEArizona: #13 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 132 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 127 boysNMKansas: #49 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 209 boysKSArkansas: #20 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 149 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 145 boysTNNorth Carolina: #20 for boys · 349 births · 1 in 147 boysNCSouth Carolina: #9 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 124 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #20 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 117 boysDCOklahoma: #18 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 155 boysOKLouisiana: #13 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 145 boysLAMississippi: #7 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 95 boysMSAlabama: #14 for boys · 174 births · 1 in 131 boysALGeorgia: #7 for boys · 454 births · 1 in 118 boysGAHawaii: #12 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 111 boysHITexas: #17 for boys · 1,197 births · 1 in 147 boysTXFlorida: #16 for boys · 771 births · 1 in 125 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#7 · 1 in 95
  2. Georgia#7 · 1 in 118
  3. South Carolina#9 · 1 in 124
  4. Hawaii#12 · 1 in 111
  5. Arizona#13 · 1 in 132

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#74541 in 118
Mississippi#71411 in 95
South Carolina#91701 in 124
Hawaii#12381 in 111
Arizona#132631 in 132
Louisiana#131651 in 145
Alabama#141741 in 131
California#141,6421 in 131
Nevada#151181 in 111
Florida#167711 in 125
Tennessee#162501 in 145
Wyoming#16181 in 85
Maryland#171951 in 136
Texas#171,1971 in 147
Illinois#184341 in 143
New Jersey#183451 in 118
New York#187731 in 126
Oklahoma#181251 in 155
Virginia#183051 in 134
Arkansas#20921 in 149
District of Columbia#20371 in 117
North Carolina#203491 in 147
Colorado#211811 in 146
Minnesota#231691 in 160
New Mexico#23641 in 127
Michigan#243081 in 151
Delaware#25291 in 119
Washington#252141 in 166
Iowa#26861 in 173
Kentucky#261511 in 143
Ohio#263351 in 174
Connecticut#271101 in 128
Idaho#27531 in 149
Wisconsin#271501 in 173
Pennsylvania#293591 in 162
Nebraska#30571 in 171
Oregon#301011 in 172
Alaska#32231 in 132
Missouri#321681 in 182
Utah#321111 in 183
Rhode Island#33291 in 122
Indiana#341841 in 187
Montana#34241 in 151
West Virginia#36531 in 141
Maine#38281 in 153
Massachusetts#381731 in 167
South Dakota#42241 in 164
Kansas#49721 in 209
Vermont#54101 in 152
New Hampshire#69211 in 205
North Dakota#88141 in 289

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 2017

girls
#3,479
44 births · 1 in 39,238 girls
boys
#17
11,357 births · 1 in 163 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #3,479Aiden44

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #17Aiden11,357
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 39,238 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 81.1% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #3,436Tru45
  2. #3,436Vaani45
  3. #3,436Zaelynn45
  4. #3,479Aiden44
  5. #3,479Addeline44
  6. #3,479Aletheia44
  7. #3,479Aliyanna44
  8. #3,552Aaniyah43
  9. #3,552Adison43
  10. #3,552Ailen43

Tied with 72 names at #3,479; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 163 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #14Ethan12,483
  2. #15Daniel11,758
  3. #16Matthew11,732
  4. #17Aiden11,357
  5. #18Joseph10,488
  6. #19Henry10,482
  7. #20Jackson10,469
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →