How Many People Are Named Aden?
people named Aden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,664 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,517 babies named Aden in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,432 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AIDAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Aden in English. Counting Aden and these spellings together, about 489,509 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Aden, 3% were girls and 97% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1920s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 3.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aden alive today is about 16 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aden first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2006, to 1,432 babies. In 2025, 234 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #244, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #1,008.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,008 |
| Best rank | #244 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #319 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aden were born in California than in any other state: about 2,195 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aden was given 1.7 times as often in Mississippi, 1.7 times in Ohio and 1.5 times in Nebraska.
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