Fun Facts About the Name Aiden
- A newer favorite: Aiden first entered the U.S. top 100 in 2003 and stayed there through 2025 - a run of 23 consecutive years.
- More than 259 thousand babies named Aiden: U.S. records list 259,822 babies given the name Aiden from 1880 through 2025. Even 2,147 girls received the name Aiden - about 1 girl for every 120 boys.
What Does the Name Aiden Mean?
Aiden is an English spelling of the Irish name Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, an Old Irish personal name meaning "fire." The element aodh, earlier áed, goes back to an old Celtic word for fire, and the ending -án is a diminutive suffix, so the name is literally "little fire." Aiden is generally treated as a variant spelling of Aidan, the long-established English form of the same Irish name. The literal sense is "little fire"; the looser gloss "fiery" that appears in some name books is a customary interpretation rather than a separate etymology.
Aiden Name History & Origins
Irish Áed was a common name in the early Middle Ages and was borne by several kings and saints. Its diminutive Áedán appears in the records of the Irish church, and the best-known bearer is St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), an Irish monk from Iona who founded the monastery at Lindisfarne and led the conversion of Northumbria. His name was written in Latin as Aidanus, and the anglicized form Aidan remained in use in Ireland. Another early church figure, Máedóc of Ferns, is also remembered as Áedán or Aidan.
The spelling Aiden, with an e in the second syllable, is a later English variant of Aidan; both spellings are now current in English. The name is not related to the similar-sounding Turkish name Aydın, which means "bright, enlightened" and has a separate Turkic origin.
How Popular is the Name Aiden?
Aiden recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2009. Aiden entered the top 100 U.S. boy names in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,882 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 2024 | #5,137 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #5,124 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #3,467 | 45 | 0.0027% |
| 2021 | #4,506 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #3,178 | 49 | 0.0030% |
| 2019 | #3,501 | 44 | 0.0026% |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 2017 | #3,480 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2016 | #3,657 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2015 | #2,889 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2013 | #2,439 | 74 | 0.0042% |
| 2012 | #2,145 | 88 | 0.0050% |
| 2011 | #2,088 | 92 | 0.0052% |
| 2010 | #1,873 | 108 | 0.0061% |
| 2009 | #1,866 | 113 | 0.0062% |
| 2008 | #1,604 | 141 | 0.0075% |
| 2007 | #1,370 | 176 | 0.0092% |
| 2006 | #1,552 | 140 | 0.0074% |
| 2005 | #1,573 | 129 | 0.0070% |
| 2004 | #1,593 | 123 | 0.0067% |
| 2003 | #1,769 | 106 | 0.0058% |
| 2002 | #2,144 | 78 | 0.0043% |
| 2001 | #2,360 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | 0.0031% |
| 1999 | #3,571 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #3,832 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #3,547 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #5,283 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #4,520 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #5,715 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1993 | #10,609 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #12,383 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,395 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #62 | 5,046 | 0.2954% |
| 2024 | #47 | 6,243 | 0.3640% |
| 2023 | #40 | 6,692 | 0.3917% |
| 2022 | #29 | 7,835 | 0.4492% |
| 2021 | #26 | 8,304 | 0.4750% |
| 2020 | #24 | 8,613 | 0.4993% |
| 2019 | #20 | 9,399 | 0.5241% |
| 2018 | #19 | 10,058 | 0.5540% |
| 2017 | #17 | 11,352 | 0.6135% |
| 2016 | #16 | 12,265 | 0.6465% |
| 2015 | #13 | 13,504 | 0.7047% |
| 2014 | #14 | 13,436 | 0.6996% |
| 2013 | #12 | 13,646 | 0.7215% |
| 2012 | #10 | 14,924 | 0.7869% |
| 2011 | #9 | 15,518 | 0.8172% |
| 2010 | #9 | 15,546 | 0.8104% |
| 2009 | #12 | 16,029 | 0.8082% |
| 2008 | #16 | 15,590 | 0.7642% |
| 2007 | #27 | 13,113 | 0.6319% |
| 2006 | #32 | 11,591 | 0.5640% |
| 2005 | #50 | 9,083 | 0.4548% |
| 2004 | #60 | 7,161 | 0.3608% |
| 2003 | #73 | 5,684 | 0.2878% |
| 2002 | #135 | 2,832 | 0.1459% |
| 2001 | #217 | 1,587 | 0.0817% |
| 2000 | #324 | 881 | 0.0449% |
| 1999 | #473 | 479 | 0.0249% |
| 1998 | #545 | 367 | 0.0192% |
| 1997 | #638 | 264 | 0.0140% |
| 1996 | #825 | 174 | 0.0092% |
| 1995 | #937 | 140 | 0.0074% |
| 1994 | #1,254 | 86 | 0.0045% |
| 1993 | #1,721 | 50 | 0.0025% |
| 1992 | #2,002 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #2,545 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 1990 | #3,612 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #3,812 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1988 | #3,527 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1987 | #5,465 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #6,743 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #2,599 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1984 | #5,574 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,256 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #5,484 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #4,855 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #5,859 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #4,312 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,238 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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