Aden

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,008 for boys in 2025, 224 births
Given to boys 97.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
#244
2006 · 1,408 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,854
since 1880

Aden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aden has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #244, 2006boys
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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#9,45710#1,008224
2024#7,96713#998225
2023#6,92216#835291
2022#8,54212#813306
2021#8,97811#678393
2020#7,96913#665396
2019#9,11211#614443
2018#8,61712#509555
2017#7,09216#497583
2016#5,98521#440702
2015#7,61315#370871
2014#5,62523#3351,003
2013#7,03117#3091,111
2012#4,70730#2991,155
2011#4,80729#2891,212
2010#7,21717#2881,174
2009#4,67731#2531,375
2008#4,36035#2531,393
2007#3,78642#2651,315
2006#5,54524#2441,408
2005#4,58129#2791,202
2004#3,68939#3051,035
2003#4,94325#321922
2002#4,28029#465516
2001#3,70335#598330
2000#6,48716#873181
1999#9,4799#1,100121
1998#9,2609#1,34788
1997#8,33410#1,59963
1996#8,8129#1,70555
1995#7,51411#1,80148
1994#8,8049#1,68953
1993#10,5887#2,34732
1992#9,4918#2,17435
1991#10,2717#2,60626
1990#10,1937#2,78023
1989—#3,44616
1988—#3,35015
1987#9,8256#3,07216
1986—#2,89117
1985—#2,01928
1984—#3,27013
1983—#2,67617
1982—#2,20723
1981—#3,03014
1980—#2,11025
1979—#2,04825
1978—#2,13422
1977—#2,06323
1976—#2,24520
1975—#2,63715
1974—#2,94612
1973—#2,85712
1972—#3,15210
1971—#3,3709
1970—#1,79424
1969—#3,0629
1968—#2,31113
1967—#2,03015
1966—#3,2497
1965——
1964—#2,8549
1963—#2,20014
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,40912
1960—#2,8719
1959—#2,03316
1958—#2,37012
1957—#2,37512
1956—#2,7989
1955——
1954—#3,8275
1953—#3,7985
1952—#3,0957
1951—#2,49510
1950—#3,0217
1949—#2,02214
1948——
1947—#2,07614
1946—#2,40310
1945—#1,92613
1944—#2,08012
1943—#2,7328
1942—#3,2126
1941—#3,1336
1940—#1,89414
1939—#1,95813
1938—#1,90114
1937—#3,1756
1936—#1,87214
1935—#2,02913
1934—#2,12112
1933—#2,7388
1932—#2,10113
1931——
1930—#2,44411
1929—#2,45211
1928—#2,52211
1927—#2,70310
1926—#2,07415
1925—#1,93517
1924—#2,04316
1923—#2,77210
1922—#2,14315
1921—#2,26514
1920—#2,45912
1919—#2,66510
1918—#1,82718
1917—#2,18813
1916—#1,94915
1915—#1,96814
1914—#2,10110
1913—#2,4966
1912—#2,5445
1911—#1,7405
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1903—#1,0096
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1891—#9635
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1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Aden was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1902, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Aden
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#998 → #1,008)
  • 343 spots since 2020 (#665 → #1,008)
  • 638 spots since 2015 (#370 → #1,008)
  • Biggest jump: 275 spots in 2001 (#873 → #598)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2024 (#835 → #998)
Rise & fade · boys
126 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2006 at #244 (1,408 births)
  • Births halved by 2016, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 2000–2024
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,443
  • Highest: 1 in 1,443 boys born in 2009 were named Aden (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,625 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #244 in 2006, was only 1 in 1,460 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 44.3% of all boys named Aden (9,677) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#745 (1880)#858
1890s5#963 (1891)#963
1900s6#1,009 (1903)#1,009
1910s96#1,740 (1911)#2,164
1920s131#1,935 (1925)#2,337
1930s104#1,872 (1936)#2,260
1940s97#1,894 (1940)#2,386
1950s83#2,033 (1959)#2,868
1960s99#2,030 (1967)#2,610
1970s172#1,794 (1970)#2,525
1980s184#2,019 (1985)#2,807
1990s544#1,100 (1999)#1,915
2000s9,677#244 (2006)#386
2010s8,809#288 (2010)#395
2020s1,835#665 (2020)#833

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.

Aden in 1996

girls
#8,812
9 births · 1 in 194,779 girls
boys
#1,705
55 births · 1 in 34,442 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #8,812Aden9

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,705Aden55
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 194,779 of them was named Aden, which outranked 44.6% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aden
  1. #8,132Zenab10
  2. #8,132Zissy10
  3. #8,132Zoi10
  4. #8,812Aden9
  5. #8,812Aarion9
  6. #8,812Abagael9
  7. #8,812Adaisha9
  8. #9,581Aaliah8
  9. #9,581Aaminah8
  10. #9,581Abbygale8

Tied with 768 names at #8,812; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 34,442 of them was named Aden, which outranked 83.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aden
  1. #1,690Ryland56
  2. #1,690Westin56
  3. #1,690Wiley56
  4. #1,705Aden55
  5. #1,705Amani55
  6. #1,705Arian55
  7. #1,705Boston55
  8. #1,725Abdiel54
  9. #1,725Baylor54
  10. #1,725Jory54

Tied with 19 names at #1,705; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →