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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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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1975—#4,3097
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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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #66 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 210 boysAKMaine: #65 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 202 boysMEVermont: #42 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 135 boysVTNew Hampshire: #61 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 185 boysNHWashington: #38 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 210 boysWAIdaho: #34 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 181 boysIDMontana: #43 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 164 boysMTNorth Dakota: #46 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 169 boysNDMinnesota: #40 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 212 boysMNIllinois: #21 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 155 boysILWisconsin: #28 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 175 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 181 boysMINew York: #16 for boys · 764 births · 1 in 125 boysNYMassachusetts: #36 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 150 boysMARhode Island: #48 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 153 boysRIOregon: #21 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 154 boysORNevada: #18 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 127 boysNVWyoming: #37 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 118 boysWYSouth Dakota: #83 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 271 boysSDIowa: #34 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 189 boysIAIndiana: #40 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 215 boysINOhio: #31 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 194 boysOHPennsylvania: #38 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 183 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 298 births · 1 in 135 boysNJConnecticut: #32 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 142 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 1,484 births · 1 in 139 boysCAUtah: #50 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 232 boysUTColorado: #32 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 183 boysCONebraska: #32 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 171 boysNEMissouri: #34 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 193 boysMOKentucky: #42 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 197 boysKYWest Virginia: #26 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 130 boysWVVirginia: #24 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 151 boysVAMaryland: #19 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 132 boysMDDelaware: #30 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 129 boysDEArizona: #23 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 168 boysAZNew Mexico: #12 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 109 boysNMKansas: #44 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 214 boysKSArkansas: #8 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 121 boysARTennessee: #34 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 186 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 152 boysNCSouth Carolina: #22 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 154 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #28 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 123 boysDCOklahoma: #32 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 178 boysOKLouisiana: #16 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 167 boysLAMississippi: #10 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 123 boysMSAlabama: #24 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 166 boysALGeorgia: #10 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 140 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 113 boysHITexas: #18 for boys · 1,118 births · 1 in 156 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 646 births · 1 in 148 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#8 · 1 in 121
  2. Mississippi#10 · 1 in 123
  3. Georgia#10 · 1 in 140
  4. New Mexico#12 · 1 in 109
  5. Hawaii#15 · 1 in 113

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#81121 in 121
Georgia#103731 in 140
Mississippi#101061 in 123
New Mexico#12701 in 109
California#151,4841 in 139
Hawaii#15341 in 113
Louisiana#161371 in 167
New York#167641 in 125
Nevada#181041 in 127
Texas#181,1181 in 156
Maryland#192001 in 132
New Jersey#192981 in 135
Illinois#213861 in 155
North Carolina#213301 in 152
Oregon#211081 in 154
Florida#226461 in 148
South Carolina#221361 in 154
Arizona#232031 in 168
Alabama#241361 in 166
Virginia#242691 in 151
West Virginia#26581 in 130
Michigan#272531 in 181
District of Columbia#28321 in 123
Wisconsin#281471 in 175
Delaware#30251 in 129
Ohio#312961 in 194
Colorado#321411 in 183
Connecticut#32981 in 142
Nebraska#32551 in 171
Oklahoma#321061 in 178
Idaho#34431 in 181
Iowa#34761 in 189
Missouri#341571 in 193
Tennessee#341911 in 186
Massachusetts#361881 in 150
Wyoming#37121 in 118
Pennsylvania#383131 in 183
Washington#381641 in 210
Indiana#401581 in 215
Minnesota#401261 in 212
Kentucky#421061 in 197
Vermont#42111 in 135
Montana#43221 in 164
Kansas#44681 in 214
North Dakota#46231 in 169
Rhode Island#48231 in 153
Utah#50841 in 232
New Hampshire#61231 in 185
Maine#65211 in 202
Alaska#66141 in 210
South Dakota#83141 in 271

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 2018

girls
#3,918
37 births · 1 in 45,975 girls
boys
#19
10,062 births · 1 in 180 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #3,918Aiden37

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #19Aiden10,062
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 45,975 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 78.4% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #3,853Zailee38
  2. #3,853Zaylie38
  3. #3,853Zoei38
  4. #3,918Aiden37
  5. #3,918Aarvi37
  6. #3,918Alaynna37
  7. #3,918Alizae37
  8. #4,001Adalena36
  9. #4,001Adelaine36
  10. #4,001Ahlam36

Tied with 82 names at #3,918; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 180 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 99.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aiden
  1. #16Henry10,714
  2. #17Jackson10,424
  3. #18Sebastian10,137
  4. #19Aiden10,062
  5. #20Matthew10,009
  6. #21Samuel9,854
  7. #22David9,812
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →