How Many People Are Named Aidan?
people named Aidan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,861 people in the US has this name
Based on 121,158 babies named Aidan in Social Security records from 1936 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
10,296 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of AODHÁN. In the latter part of the 20th century it became popular in America due to its sound, since it uses the same fashionable aden suffix sound found in such names as Braden and Hayden.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Aidan in English. Counting Aidan and these spellings together, about 489,509 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Aidan, 2.3% were girls and 97.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 7% of the babies were girls then and 1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aidan alive today is about 18 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aidan first appears in the records in 1936 and was given most often in 2003, to 10,296 babies. In 2025, 1,051 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1936 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Aidan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #39, in 2003, and it was in the top 100 for 10 years, 2001 to 2010. In 2025 it ranked #326.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #326 |
| Best rank | #39 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | 10 (2001 to 2010) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #55 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aidan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aidan were born in California than in any other state: about 14,913 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aidan was given 2.5 times as often in Rhode Island, 2.2 times in New Hampshire and 2.1 times in Massachusetts.
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