Alden
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #598 for boys in 2025, 479 births
Given to boys 95.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1911 · 46 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,221since 1880
Alden over time
Rank among boys' names. Alden has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | #598 | 479 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #576 | 494 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | #640 | 431 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #627 | 445 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | #676 | 394 |
| 2020 | #5,667 | 21 | #672 | 387 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #623 | 435 |
| 2018 | #6,010 | 20 | #638 | 411 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #634 | 409 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #660 | 392 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #725 | 340 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #714 | 337 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #709 | 331 |
| 2012 | #5,253 | 26 | #772 | 294 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 | #864 | 244 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #841 | 251 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | #867 | 242 |
| 2008 | #5,142 | 28 | #920 | 222 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #786 | 275 |
| 2006 | #4,576 | 31 | #816 | 249 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | #769 | 258 |
| 2004 | #3,566 | 41 | #735 | 257 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 | #729 | 251 |
| 2002 | #4,767 | 25 | #906 | 178 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #968 | 159 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #857 | 186 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | #985 | 144 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 | #783 | 196 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #941 | 143 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #914 | 143 |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | #931 | 142 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #1,030 | 116 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #1,129 | 100 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | #1,010 | 116 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #1,155 | 91 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #949 | 119 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #1,102 | 92 |
| 1988 | #4,496 | 19 | #1,003 | 94 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,040 | 84 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #954 | 92 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #984 | 86 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #1,000 | 79 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,075 | 68 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #981 | 84 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #1,143 | 64 |
| 1980 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #1,206 | 57 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,229 | 53 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #1,289 | 48 |
| 1976 | — | #1,346 | 43 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #1,146 | 54 |
| 1974 | — | #1,269 | 44 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,201 | 47 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,249 | 44 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,063 | 59 | |
| 1969 | — | #900 | 72 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,017 | 53 | |
| 1967 | — | #915 | 62 | |
| 1966 | — | #888 | 66 | |
| 1965 | — | #843 | 76 | |
| 1964 | — | #875 | 76 | |
| 1963 | — | #825 | 84 | |
| 1962 | — | #984 | 60 | |
| 1961 | — | #833 | 85 | |
| 1960 | — | #821 | 86 | |
| 1959 | — | #797 | 92 | |
| 1958 | — | #807 | 86 | |
| 1957 | — | #803 | 87 | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #705 | 110 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #739 | 97 |
| 1954 | — | #768 | 86 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #722 | 98 |
| 1952 | — | #721 | 95 | |
| 1951 | — | #699 | 99 | |
| 1950 | — | #726 | 89 | |
| 1949 | — | #754 | 83 | |
| 1948 | — | #683 | 96 | |
| 1947 | — | #611 | 124 | |
| 1946 | — | #738 | 79 | |
| 1945 | — | #592 | 105 | |
| 1944 | — | #598 | 105 | |
| 1943 | — | #565 | 126 | |
| 1942 | — | #587 | 112 | |
| 1941 | — | #584 | 103 | |
| 1940 | — | #545 | 116 | |
| 1939 | — | #530 | 117 | |
| 1938 | — | #535 | 119 | |
| 1937 | — | #499 | 132 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #514 | 120 |
| 1935 | — | #558 | 106 | |
| 1934 | — | #471 | 144 | |
| 1933 | — | #532 | 114 | |
| 1932 | — | #448 | 158 | |
| 1931 | — | #497 | 134 | |
| 1930 | — | #490 | 146 | |
| 1929 | — | #459 | 164 | |
| 1928 | — | #464 | 171 | |
| 1927 | — | #512 | 141 | |
| 1926 | — | #450 | 183 | |
| 1925 | — | #458 | 173 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #451 | 183 |
| 1923 | — | #461 | 176 | |
| 1922 | — | #453 | 184 | |
| 1921 | — | #442 | 193 | |
| 1920 | — | #450 | 180 | |
| 1919 | — | #454 | 167 | |
| 1918 | — | #443 | 181 | |
| 1917 | — | #438 | 166 | |
| 1916 | — | #427 | 174 | |
| 1915 | — | #436 | 155 | |
| 1914 | — | #450 | 113 | |
| 1913 | — | #445 | 93 | |
| 1912 | — | #439 | 79 | |
| 1911 | — | #426 | 46 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #463 | 28 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #525 | 19 | |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | — | #696 | 11 | |
| 1902 | — | #744 | 10 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #699 | 13 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #505 | 17 | |
| 1897 | — | #725 | 9 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | #795 | 8 | |
| 1894 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #748 | 9 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #629 | 10 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #936 | 5 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #527 | 12 | |
| 1882 | — | #691 | 8 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #640 | 9 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #426 (46 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 124 yrs · run 1894–1967
- 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
- 18.9% of all boys named Alden (3,444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #527 (1883) | #741 |
| 1890s | 94 | #505 (1898) | #730 |
| 1900s | 159 | #463 (1908) | #628 |
| 1910s | 1,187 | #426 (1911) | #482 |
| 1920s | 1,748 | #442 (1921) | #460 |
| 1930s | 1,290 | #448 (1932) | #507 |
| 1940s | 1,049 | #545 (1940) | #626 |
| 1950s | 939 | #699 (1951) | #749 |
| 1960s | 720 | #821 (1960) | #890 |
| 1970s | 497 | #1,063 (1970) | #1,218 |
| 1980s | 800 | #954 (1986) | #1,050 |
| 1990s | 1,310 | #783 (1998) | #983 |
| 2000s | 2,277 | #729 (2003) | #835 |
| 2010s | 3,444 | #623 (2019) | #718 |
| 2020s | 2,630 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 132,371 of them was named Alden, which outranked 57.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,077Yoko14
- #5,077Zarah14
- #5,077Zinnia14
- #5,348Alden13
- #5,348Abeer13
- #5,348Adrain13
- #5,348Adreana13
- #5,678Aaisha12
- #5,678Addison12
- #5,678Aimie12
Tied with 329 names at #5,348; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 21,491 of them was named Alden, which outranked 87.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).