Aiden

Where Aiden comes from

The dictionaries list Aiden as a given name — a male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Aiden McGeady born
    Irish association football player
  3. 1998
    Aiden O'Neill born
    Australian soccer player
  4. 2010
    Peak, #9
    15,547 babies named Aiden — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #40.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Aiden McGeady · Irish association football player, born 1986
  • Aiden O'Neill · Australian soccer player, born 1998
  • Aiden English · American professional wrestler, born 1987
  • Aiden Shaw · British pornographic actor and model, born 1966
  • Aiden Ashley · pornographic performer, born 1990

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.