How Many People Are Named Aida?

11,177

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

About 1 in 30,579 people in the US has this name

Based on 13,782 babies named Aida in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,308

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,269

See the top 100

Peak Year

2005

243 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic, Literature
Pronunciation: ah-EE-də (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of AYDA. This name was used in Verdi's opera 'Aida' (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.

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

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Aida in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Aida alive today is about 38 years old, and 42% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 59 in 2025.

Under 30 4,679
41.9%
30 to 59 3,860
34.5%
60 and over 2,638
23.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Aida first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2005, to 243 babies. In 2025, 154 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Aida has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #667, in 1954. In 2025 it ranked #1,414.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,414
Best rank#667 (1954)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#779 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Aida were born in New York than in any other state: about 2,285 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aida was given 3.8 times as often in New York, 2.5 times in Texas and 2 times in New Jersey.

New York 2,285
California 1,884
Texas 1,705
New Jersey 519
Illinois 494
Florida 368
Pennsylvania 244
Massachusetts 181
Georgia 135
North Carolina 128
Ohio 84
Virginia 75
Washington 75
Arizona 68
Connecticut 66
Colorado 39
Minnesota 38
Maryland 33
Michigan 26
Tennessee 23
Indiana 22
Oregon 17
Wisconsin 17
Missouri 16
South Carolina 16
Kansas 10
Louisiana 5
Kentucky 5
Iowa 5
Alabama 5

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