Aden Boy
How popular is Aden?
#1,008 boy name in 2025
224 baby boys were named Aden in the US in 2025, making it the 1008th most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
Aden popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,008 for boys (▼ 10 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 224 boys, 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-74% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #370 in 2015, #665 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (1,408 boys) |
| Highest rank | #244 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 97% boys, 3% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aden counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aiden family of names ranked #27 for boys in 2025 (#15 the year before), with 8,066 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aiden | 5,046 | 63% |
| Ayden | 1,343 | 17% |
| Aidan | 1,043 | 13% |
| Aden | 224 | 3% |
| Aydin | 147 | 2% |
| Aydan | 85 | 1% |
| Aidyn | 41 | 1% |
| Aaden | 8 | 0% |
| Adin | 46 | 1% |
| Aayden | 14 | 0% |
| Aaiden | 12 | 0% |
| Adon | 19 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aden is most popular
Babies named Aden per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Ohio: 0.3 per 1,000 (75 boys)
- New York: 0.3 per 1,000 (118 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.3 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Missouri: 0.2 per 1,000 (34 boys)
Aden by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #745 |
| 1890s | 5 | #962 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,009 |
| 1910s | 96 | #1,739 |
| 1920s | 131 | #1,934 |
| 1930s | 104 | #1,872 |
| 1940s | 97 | #1,894 |
| 1950s | 83 | #2,032 |
| 1960s | 99 | #2,029 |
| 1970s | 172 | #1,793 |
| 1980s | 184 | #2,018 |
| 1990s | 544 | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 9,677 | #244 |
| 2010s | 8,809 | #288 |
| 2020s | 1,835 | #665 |
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Questions
- Is Aden a boy or girl name?
- Aden is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Aden were boys.
- How popular is the name Aden?
- 224 baby boys were named Aden in the US in 2025, making it the 1008th most popular boy name. Another 10 girls got the name (#9,454 for girls).
- When was Aden most popular?
- Aden peaked in 2006, when 1,408 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #244 in 2006.
- How many people are named Aden?
- 22,517 babies have been named Aden in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,837 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Aden most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aden was most common in Ohio, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.