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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #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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1884—#9715
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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 1998

girls
#9,260
9 births · 1 in 196,328 girls
boys
#1,347
88 births · 1 in 21,720 boys

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #9,260Aden9

Top boys' names in 1998

  1. #1Michael36,618
  2. #2Jacob36,031
  3. #3Matthew31,146
  4. #4Joshua28,095
  5. #5Christopher27,007
  6. #6Nicholas26,632
  7. #7Brandon23,832
  8. #8Tyler23,712
  9. #9Andrew23,664
  10. #10Austin23,478
  11. #1,347Aden88
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 196,328 of them was named Aden, which outranked 44.2% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aden
  1. #8,584Zohra10
  2. #8,584Zola10
  3. #8,584Zori10
  4. #9,260Aden9
  5. #9,260Aalliyah9
  6. #9,260Aastha9
  7. #9,260Abbe9
  8. #10,122Aaniyah8
  9. #10,122Aasiyah8
  10. #10,122Abbegale8

Tied with 861 names at #9,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

boys

1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 21,720 of them was named Aden, which outranked 88.1% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aden
  1. #1,338Hank89
  2. #1,338Jacobi89
  3. #1,338Xander89
  4. #1,347Aden88
  5. #1,347Adalberto88
  6. #1,347Blade88
  7. #1,347Chancellor88
  8. #1,356Jeramiah87
  9. #1,356Marcell87
  10. #1,356Rayquan87

Tied with 8 names at #1,347; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,736Tyrese#2,347 → #611
  2. ↑ 805Zion#1,499 → #694
  3. ↑ 785Mekhi#1,706 → #921
  4. ↑ 743Tyriq#1,519 → #776
  5. ↑ 741Tavian#1,599 → #858
Fallers
  1. ↓ 429Coty#918 → #1,347
  2. ↓ 367Anfernee#838 → #1,205
  3. ↓ 326Jessy#962 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 295Mickey#966 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 280Mikal#1,000 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →