Alden

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #598 for boys in 2025, 479 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#426
1911 · 46 births
Debut · boys
1880
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,221
since 1880

Alden over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Alden has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #426, 1911boys
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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#6,11619#598479
2024#5,14825#576494
2023#5,12625#640431
2022#6,22919#627445
2021#4,41331#676394
2020#5,66721#672387
2019#7,34215#623435
2018#6,01020#638411
2017#5,66122#634409
2016#7,23016#660392
2015#7,26616#725340
2014#6,20720#714337
2013#6,46219#709331
2012#5,25326#772294
2011#7,43616#864244
2010#5,41425#841251
2009#6,81119#867242
2008#5,14228#920222
2007#5,09728#786275
2006#4,57631#816249
2005#5,43723#769258
2004#3,56641#735257
2003#3,73137#729251
2002#4,76725#906178
2001#4,68825#968159
2000#4,52726#857186
1999#4,20127#985144
1998#4,36625#783196
1997#5,86816#941143
1996#5,28018#914143
1995#5,43917#931142
1994#5,24918#1,030116
1993#4,52422#1,129100
1992#5,26718#1,010116
1991#6,58813#1,15591
1990#8,5019#949119
1989#6,95511#1,10292
1988#4,49619#1,00394
1987#9,8256#1,04084
1986#9,5456#95492
1985#5,34813#98486
1984#4,96614#1,00079
1983#6,7059#1,07568
1982#8,2247#98184
1981#7,4098#1,14364
1980—#1,21457
1979#9,0106#1,20657
1978#9,7505#1,22953
1977#6,8928#1,28948
1976—#1,34643
1975#6,4848#1,14654
1974—#1,26944
1973—#1,20147
1972—#1,24944
1971—#1,18148
1970—#1,06359
1969—#90072
1968—#1,01753
1967—#91562
1966—#88866
1965—#84376
1964—#87576
1963—#82584
1962—#98460
1961—#83385
1960—#82186
1959—#79792
1958—#80786
1957—#80387
1956#4,1619#705110
1955#5,2086#73997
1954—#76886
1953#5,6735#72298
1952—#72195
1951—#69999
1950—#72689
1949—#75483
1948—#68396
1947—#611124
1946—#73879
1945—#592105
1944—#598105
1943—#565126
1942—#587112
1941—#584103
1940—#545116
1939—#530117
1938—#535119
1937—#499132
1936#3,7016#514120
1935—#558106
1934—#471144
1933—#532114
1932—#448158
1931—#497134
1930—#490146
1929—#459164
1928—#464171
1927—#512141
1926—#450183
1925—#458173
1924#5,0615#451183
1923—#461176
1922—#453184
1921—#442193
1920—#450180
1919—#454167
1918—#443181
1917—#438166
1916—#427174
1915—#436155
1914—#450113
1913—#44593
1912—#43979
1911—#42646
1910—#85913
1909—#84012
1908—#46328
1907—#47224
1906—#64014
1905—#52519
1904—#51518
1903—#69611
1902—#74410
1901—#68310
1900—#69913
1899—#7149
1898—#50517
1897—#7259
1896—#72210
1895—#7958
1894—#7878
1893—#1,0355
1892—#7489
1891—#6359
1890—#62910
1889—#62810
1888—#9176
1887—#7527
1886—#6948
1885—#9365
1884—#8486
1883—#52712
1882—#6918
1881—#7816
1880—#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Alden was already there! It came in at #640, and was given to 9 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Alden
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#576 → #598)
  • 74 spots since 2020 (#672 → #598)
  • 127 spots since 2015 (#725 → #598)
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1911 (#859 → #426)
  • Biggest drop: 377 spots in 1909 (#463 → #840)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #426 (46 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 124 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1894–1967
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,488
  • Highest: 1 in 3,488 boys born in 2024 were named Alden (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,566 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #426 in 1911, was only 1 in 4,912 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 18.9% of all boys named Alden (3,444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#527 (1883)#741
1890s94#505 (1898)#730
1900s159#463 (1908)#628
1910s1,187#426 (1911)#482
1920s1,748#442 (1921)#460
1930s1,290#448 (1932)#507
1940s1,049#545 (1940)#626
1950s939#699 (1951)#749
1960s720#821 (1960)#890
1970s497#1,063 (1970)#1,218
1980s800#954 (1986)#1,050
1990s1,310#783 (1998)#983
2000s2,277#729 (2003)#835
2010s3,444#623 (2019)#718
2020s2,630#576 (2024)#632

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.

Alden in 1978

girls
#9,750
5 births · 1 in 306,372 girls
boys
#1,229
53 births · 1 in 30,978 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #9,750Alden5

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #1,229Alden53
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 306,372 of them was named Alden, which outranked 15.0% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alden
  1. #8,562Zoey6
  2. #8,562Zsazsa6
  3. #8,562Zuri6
  4. #9,750Alden5
  5. #9,750Abena5
  6. #9,750Abigayle5
  7. #9,750Abrian5

Tied with 1,725 names at #9,750; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 30,978 of them was named Alden, which outranked 81.8% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alden
  1. #1,214Renato54
  2. #1,214Rosendo54
  3. #1,214Sherwin54
  4. #1,229Alden53
  5. #1,229Bernie53
  6. #1,229Chancey53
  7. #1,229Dandre53
  8. #1,240Barron52
  9. #1,240Brandan52
  10. #1,240Crystal52

Tied with 10 names at #1,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,237Dequan#4,164 → #927
  2. ↑ 626Nicholaus#1,367 → #741
  3. ↑ 617Nicklaus#1,515 → #898
  4. ↑ 578Zebulon#1,476 → #898
  5. ↑ 424Anwar#1,121 → #697
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Kinte#834 → #1,508
  2. ↓ 668Kunta#572 → #1,240
  3. ↓ 417Telly#732 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 415Lesley#937 → #1,352
  5. ↓ 310Amin#904 → #1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978 →