How Many People Are Named Aeneas?

466

people named Aeneas are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 733,443 people in the US has this name

Based on 472 babies named Aeneas in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#17,262

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#6,152

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Peak Year

2002

38 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Roman Mythology
Pronunciation: ie-NE-as (Classical Latin), i-NEE-əs (English)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Latin form of the Greek name Αινειας (Aineias), derived from Greek αινη (aine) meaning "praise". In Greek legend he was a son of Aphrodite and was one of the chief heroes who defended Troy from the Greeks. The Roman poet Virgil continued his story in the 'Aeneid', in which Aeneas travels to Italy and founds the Roman state.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

AineiasBRAZILIANEnéasAnejEnejBRAZILIANEneidaLATIN AMERICANEneida

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Aeneas in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Aeneas alive today is about 16 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.

Under 30 459
98.5%
30 to 59 7
1.5%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Aeneas first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2002, to 38 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Aeneas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,555, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #8,259.

Boys
Rank in 2025#8,259
Best rank#2,555 (2002)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#4,139 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Aeneas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Aeneas were born in California than in any other state: about 23 of those alive today.

California 23
Florida 5
Texas 5

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