Aidan
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #326 for boys in 2025, 1,043 births
Given to boys 97.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 10,067 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 118,431since 1936
Aidan over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #326 | 1,043 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #312 | 1,098 |
| 2023 | — | #300 | 1,113 | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #296 | 1,161 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #286 | 1,209 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #261 | 1,331 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #243 | 1,544 |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #242 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #221 | 1,735 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #191 | 2,118 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #185 | 2,265 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 | #187 | 2,280 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | #146 | 2,676 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 | #116 | 3,225 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 | #107 | 3,721 |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | #94 | 4,311 |
| 2009 | #2,375 | 81 | #72 | 5,811 |
| 2008 | #1,800 | 121 | #59 | 7,709 |
| 2007 | #1,713 | 127 | #54 | 8,426 |
| 2006 | #1,365 | 169 | #44 | 10,035 |
| 2005 | #1,378 | 156 | #43 | 9,759 |
| 2004 | #1,140 | 200 | #40 | 9,824 |
| 2003 | #1,008 | 229 | #39 | 10,067 |
| 2002 | #1,104 | 191 | #60 | 6,954 |
| 2001 | #1,090 | 194 | #86 | 4,632 |
| 2000 | #1,310 | 145 | #114 | 3,296 |
| 1999 | #1,329 | 135 | #166 | 2,213 |
| 1998 | #1,762 | 89 | #196 | 1,703 |
| 1997 | #1,766 | 85 | #222 | 1,382 |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 | #259 | 1,093 |
| 1995 | #1,669 | 88 | #282 | 973 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 | #440 | 517 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #557 | 332 |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 | #630 | 269 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #797 | 167 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | #890 | 134 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #1,427 | 54 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #1,400 | 52 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | #1,118 | 71 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #1,304 | 54 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #1,690 | 34 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #1,905 | 28 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #1,661 | 35 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #1,965 | 28 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,205 | 20 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | — | #3,152 | 10 | |
| 1971 | — | #4,375 | 6 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
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| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Aidan! It came in at #3,549, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1936–1956, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aidan is popular in 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#117 · 1 in 350
- Rhode Island#147 · 1 in 450
- Michigan#166 · 1 in 645
- Massachusetts#166 · 1 in 676
- Virginia#171 · 1 in 712
Best ever in a state: #6 in Rhode Island, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #117 | 8 | 1 in 350 |
| Rhode Island | #147 | 7 | 1 in 450 |
| Massachusetts | #166 | 40 | 1 in 676 |
| Michigan | #166 | 62 | 1 in 645 |
| Virginia | #171 | 53 | 1 in 712 |
| New Hampshire | #172 | 7 | 1 in 620 |
| Connecticut | #185 | 19 | 1 in 702 |
| Maryland | #208 | 29 | 1 in 804 |
| New York | #213 | 91 | 1 in 950 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 573 |
| Pennsylvania | #247 | 48 | 1 in 1,089 |
| New Jersey | #253 | 38 | 1 in 1,051 |
| California | #266 | 143 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Illinois | #278 | 41 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Idaho | #281 | 8 | 1 in 1,043 |
| Florida | #293 | 69 | 1 in 1,386 |
| Washington | #293 | 26 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Nevada | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,122 |
| Colorado | #322 | 19 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Minnesota | #331 | 17 | 1 in 1,418 |
| Indiana | #335 | 23 | 1 in 1,396 |
| Wisconsin | #337 | 16 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Oregon | #344 | 11 | 1 in 1,352 |
| New Mexico | #354 | 5 | 1 in 1,306 |
| Iowa | #364 | 10 | 1 in 1,376 |
| Georgia | #367 | 31 | 1 in 1,649 |
| Missouri | #380 | 16 | 1 in 1,714 |
| Utah | #382 | 12 | 1 in 1,606 |
| Texas | #399 | 91 | 1 in 1,965 |
| Nebraska | #425 | 5 | 1 in 1,722 |
| North Carolina | #430 | 25 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Arizona | #435 | 17 | 1 in 1,949 |
| Ohio | #473 | 22 | 1 in 2,395 |
| Tennessee | #552 | 13 | 1 in 2,789 |
| South Carolina | #596 | 7 | 1 in 2,994 |
| Kentucky | #614 | 6 | 1 in 3,396 |
| Oklahoma | #635 | 6 | 1 in 2,927 |
| Louisiana | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,280 |
| Alabama | #706 | 6 | 1 in 3,643 |
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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 Aidan
- 14 spots since 2024 (#312 → #326)
- 65 spots since 2020 (#261 → #326)
- 141 spots since 2015 (#185 → #326)
- Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1990 (#1,184 → #890)
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2014 (#146 → #187)
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 2003 at #39 (10,067 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2001–2010
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1990–2025
- Highest: 1 in 196 boys born in 2003 were named Aidan (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,638 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 64.6% of all boys named Aidan (76,513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,549 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,311 |
| 1960s | 71 | #2,415 (1969) | #2,985 |
| 1970s | 172 | #1,718 (1978) | #2,603 |
| 1980s | 465 | #1,118 (1986) | #1,558 |
| 1990s | 8,783 | #166 (1999) | #444 |
| 2000s | 76,513 | #39 (2003) | #61 |
| 2010s | 25,446 | #94 (2010) | #173 |
| 2020s | 6,955 | #261 (2020) | #297 |
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.
Aidan in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 231,456 of them was named Aidan, which outranked 31.4% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,122Zurianna8
- #11,122Zuriella8
- #11,122Zylynn8
- #12,161Aidan7
- #12,161Aadhvika7
- #12,161Aadhyasri7
- #12,161Aagya7
- #13,477Aada6
- #13,477Aadiya6
- #13,477Aalaysia6
Tied with 1,315 names at #12,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 1,569 of them was named Aidan, which outranked 97.8% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.