How Many People Are Named Alden?
people named Alden are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 25,223 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,173 babies named Alden in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
519 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived from the Old English given name EALDWINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Alden, 6.8% were girls and 93.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1900s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alden alive today is about 24 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alden first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 519 babies. In 2025, 498 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alden has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #426, in 1911. In 2025 it ranked #598.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #598 |
| Best rank | #426 (1911) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #702 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alden alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alden were born in California than in any other state: about 1,376 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alden was given 8.4 times as often in Maine, 3.4 times in Hawaii and 3.2 times in Massachusetts.
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