Ayden

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #257 for boys in 2025, 1,343 births
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 6,234 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
10 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
89,180
since 1990

Ayden over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #68, 2012boys
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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#5,55422#2571,343
2024#4,38732#2131,684
2023#5,39023#1901,912
2022#3,96337#1712,198
2021#3,15751#1432,642
2020#3,91536#1223,025
2019#4,16234#1143,367
2018#3,34647#1043,685
2017#3,30548#993,964
2016#2,93457#924,506
2015#2,47173#874,891
2014#2,30480#745,632
2013#1,953101#716,084
2012#1,782115#686,234
2011#1,524144#706,129
2010#1,402163#785,144
2009#1,358175#874,998
2008#1,211210#915,058
2007#1,370176#1024,325
2006#1,488148#1193,596
2005#1,389155#1472,722
2004#1,546128#1822,183
2003#1,561123#2011,830
2002#1,91592#321863
2001#2,70055#506452
2000#3,27141#667268
1999#3,89530#966149
1998#4,49224#1,080120
1997#6,16315#1,59963
1996#11,8076#2,14539
1995—#2,34633
1994#8,8049#3,75117
1993—#4,69712
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1991—#6,5197
1990—#8,1175
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First appearance
1990

The first year at least five boys were named Ayden! It came in at #8,117, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ayden is popular in 2014

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ayden, so not publishedAKMaine: #128 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 423 boysMEVermont: #96 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 260 boysVTNew Hampshire: #139 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 510 boysNHWashington: #136 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 559 boysWAIdaho: #94 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 348 boysIDMontana: #153 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 443 boysMTNorth Dakota: #101 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 323 boysNDMinnesota: #160 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 652 boysMNIllinois: #82 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 346 boysILWisconsin: #112 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 415 boysWIMichigan: #83 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 335 boysMINew York: #76 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 340 boysNYMassachusetts: #94 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 365 boysMARhode Island: #141 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 482 boysRIOregon: #103 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 374 boysORNevada: #49 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 205 boysNVWyoming: #126 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 330 boysWYSouth Dakota: #143 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 467 boysSDIowa: #103 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 359 boysIAIndiana: #87 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 354 boysINOhio: #85 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 335 boysOHPennsylvania: #97 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 392 boysPANew Jersey: #77 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 338 boysNJConnecticut: #106 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 395 boysCTCalifornia: #81 for boys · 649 births · 1 in 356 boysCAUtah: #174 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 652 boysUTColorado: #107 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 396 boysCONebraska: #123 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 399 boysNEMissouri: #79 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 302 boysMOKentucky: #108 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 398 boysKYWest Virginia: #97 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 324 boysWVVirginia: #84 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 341 boysVAMaryland: #68 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 261 boysMDDelaware: #78 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 226 boysDEArizona: #84 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 321 boysAZNew Mexico: #70 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 260 boysNMKansas: #97 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 376 boysKSArkansas: #56 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 212 boysARTennessee: #61 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 239 boysTNNorth Carolina: #42 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 188 boysNCSouth Carolina: #39 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 170 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #97 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 324 boysDCOklahoma: #80 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 313 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 169 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 119 boysMSAlabama: #32 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 160 boysALGeorgia: #40 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 198 boysGAHawaii: #57 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 225 boysHITexas: #66 for boys · 655 births · 1 in 285 boysTXFlorida: #46 for boys · 408 births · 1 in 235 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#12 · 1 in 119
  2. Louisiana#27 · 1 in 169
  3. Alabama#32 · 1 in 160
  4. South Carolina#39 · 1 in 170
  5. Georgia#40 · 1 in 198

Best ever in a state: #12 in Mississippi, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#121161 in 119
Louisiana#271491 in 169
Alabama#321441 in 160
South Carolina#391261 in 170
Georgia#402781 in 198
North Carolina#422751 in 188
Florida#464081 in 235
Nevada#49661 in 205
Arkansas#56691 in 212
Hawaii#57211 in 225
Tennessee#611521 in 239
Texas#666551 in 285
Maryland#681081 in 261
New Mexico#70351 in 260
New York#763021 in 340
New Jersey#771241 in 338
Delaware#78161 in 226
Missouri#791071 in 302
Oklahoma#80661 in 313
California#816491 in 356
Illinois#821921 in 346
Michigan#831461 in 335
Arizona#841171 in 321
Virginia#841241 in 341
Ohio#851801 in 335
Indiana#871021 in 354
Idaho#94241 in 348
Massachusetts#94821 in 365
Vermont#9671 in 260
District of Columbia#97131 in 324
Kansas#97421 in 376
Pennsylvania#971551 in 392
West Virginia#97251 in 324
North Dakota#101131 in 323
Iowa#103441 in 359
Oregon#103491 in 374
Connecticut#106371 in 395
Colorado#107691 in 396
Kentucky#108561 in 398
Wisconsin#112661 in 415
Nebraska#123261 in 399
Wyoming#12661 in 330
Maine#128111 in 423
Washington#136651 in 559
New Hampshire#13991 in 510
Rhode Island#14181 in 482
South Dakota#14391 in 467
Montana#15391 in 443
Minnesota#160431 in 652
Utah#174331 in 652
Alaska———

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 Ayden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#213 → #257)
  • 135 spots since 2020 (#122 → #257)
  • 170 spots since 2015 (#87 → #257)
  • Biggest jump: 299 spots in 2000 (#966 → #667)
  • Biggest drop: 44 spots in 2025 (#213 → #257)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1990
  • Peaked 2012 at #68 (6,234 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2008–2017
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 304
  • Highest: 1 in 304 boys born in 2012 were named Ayden (0.33%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,272 boys born in 2025 (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 55.7% of all boys named Ayden (49,636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s445#966 (1999)#3,469
2000s26,295#87 (2009)#242
2010s49,636#68 (2012)#86
2020s12,804#122 (2020)#183

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.

Ayden in 2014

girls
#2,304
80 births · 1 in 22,329 girls
boys
#74
5,632 births · 1 in 341 boys

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #2,304Ayden80

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #74Ayden5,632
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 22,329 of them was named Ayden, which outranked 88.0% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ayden
  1. #2,290Manuela81
  2. #2,290Naiya81
  3. #2,290Noella81
  4. #2,304Ayden80
  5. #2,304Aislynn80
  6. #2,304Alysia80
  7. #2,304Analeah80
  8. #2,323Aaliya79
  9. #2,323Adella79
  10. #2,323Adrianne79

Tied with 18 names at #2,304; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 341 of them was named Ayden, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ayden
  1. #71Brandon5,856
  2. #72Tyler5,851
  3. #73Parker5,720
  4. #74Ayden5,632
  5. #75Jason5,568
  6. #76Jose5,485
  7. #77Ian5,461
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →