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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #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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1981—#5,4686
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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 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #51 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 171 boysAKMaine: #104 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 313 boysMEVermont: #57 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 139 boysVTNew Hampshire: #72 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 233 boysNHWashington: #29 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 189 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 160 boysIDMontana: #127 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 387 boysMTNorth Dakota: #55 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 196 boysNDMinnesota: #37 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 221 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 303 births · 1 in 178 boysILWisconsin: #47 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 232 boysWIMichigan: #32 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 212 boysMINew York: #20 for boys · 578 births · 1 in 154 boysNYMassachusetts: #31 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 155 boysMARhode Island: #77 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 213 boysRIOregon: #23 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 169 boysORNevada: #16 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 138 boysNVWyoming: #43 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 127 boysWYSouth Dakota: #69 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 252 boysSDIowa: #34 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 210 boysIAIndiana: #39 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 224 boysINOhio: #44 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 242 boysOHPennsylvania: #35 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 193 boysPANew Jersey: #23 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 159 boysNJConnecticut: #22 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 128 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 1,238 births · 1 in 153 boysCAUtah: #42 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 229 boysUTColorado: #33 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 189 boysCONebraska: #45 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 222 boysNEMissouri: #42 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 227 boysMOKentucky: #42 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 209 boysKYWest Virginia: #53 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 213 boysWVVirginia: #21 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 168 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 151 boysMDDelaware: #35 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 140 boysDEArizona: #24 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 181 boysAZNew Mexico: #11 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 123 boysNMKansas: #34 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 189 boysKSArkansas: #33 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 197 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 219 boysTNNorth Carolina: #36 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 218 boysNCSouth Carolina: #22 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 163 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #58 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 224 boysDCOklahoma: #29 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 197 boysOKLouisiana: #26 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 203 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 179 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 188 boysALGeorgia: #16 for boys · 277 births · 1 in 182 boysGAHawaii: #40 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 171 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 916 births · 1 in 187 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 523 births · 1 in 177 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#11 · 1 in 123
  2. California#15 · 1 in 153
  3. Nevada#16 · 1 in 138
  4. Georgia#16 · 1 in 182
  5. New York#20 · 1 in 154

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#11571 in 123
California#151,2381 in 153
Georgia#162771 in 182
Nevada#16861 in 138
New York#205781 in 154
Maryland#211651 in 151
Virginia#212331 in 168
Connecticut#221091 in 128
South Carolina#221241 in 163
Florida#235231 in 177
New Jersey#232551 in 159
Oregon#23941 in 169
Arizona#241801 in 181
Texas#249161 in 187
Alabama#251171 in 188
Idaho#25501 in 160
Mississippi#25671 in 179
Illinois#263031 in 178
Louisiana#261071 in 203
Oklahoma#29911 in 197
Washington#291771 in 189
Massachusetts#311841 in 155
Michigan#322031 in 212
Arkansas#33661 in 197
Colorado#331371 in 189
Iowa#34671 in 210
Kansas#34731 in 189
Delaware#35231 in 140
Pennsylvania#352871 in 193
Tennessee#351641 in 219
North Carolina#362341 in 218
Minnesota#371141 in 221
Indiana#391461 in 224
Hawaii#40201 in 171
Kentucky#42951 in 209
Missouri#421261 in 227
Utah#42841 in 229
Wyoming#43101 in 127
Ohio#442241 in 242
Nebraska#45401 in 222
Wisconsin#471051 in 232
Alaska#51151 in 171
West Virginia#53331 in 213
North Dakota#55181 in 196
Vermont#57101 in 139
District of Columbia#58151 in 224
South Dakota#69151 in 252
New Hampshire#72201 in 233
Rhode Island#77161 in 213
Maine#104131 in 313
Montana#12791 in 387

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 2021

girls
#4,507
30 births · 1 in 54,695 girls
boys
#26
8,313 births · 1 in 210 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. #4,507Aiden30

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. #26Aiden8,313
More about 2021

girls

1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 54,695 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 74.5% 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 Aiden
  1. #4,413Zaiya31
  2. #4,413Zunaira31
  3. #4,413Zurii31
  4. #4,507Aiden30
  5. #4,507Alasia30
  6. #4,507Alexandrea30
  7. #4,507Alijah30
  8. #4,607Aalia29
  9. #4,607Adelynne29
  10. #4,607Adhya29

Tied with 99 names at #4,507; 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 210 of them was named Aiden, which outranked 99.8% 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 Aiden
  1. #23Samuel8,580
  2. #24Jacob8,494
  3. #25Asher8,370
  4. #26Aiden8,313
  5. #27John8,186
  6. #28Joseph8,166
  7. #29Wyatt8,049
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 →