Aidan Boy
How popular is Aidan?
#326 boy name in 2025
1,043 baby boys were named Aidan in the US in 2025, making it the 326th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
Aidan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #326 for boys (▼ 14 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,043 boys, 8 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #185 in 2015, #261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (10,067 boys) |
| Highest rank | #39 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1936 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aidan 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 Aidan is most popular
Babies named Aidan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.3 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Rhode Island: 2.1 per 1,000 (34 boys)
- Massachusetts: 1.8 per 1,000 (243 boys)
- New Hampshire: 1.3 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.3 per 1,000 (20 boys)
Aidan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1950s | 21 | #2,820 |
| 1960s | 71 | #2,414 |
| 1970s | 172 | #1,718 |
| 1980s | 465 | #1,117 |
| 1990s | 8,783 | #166 |
| 2000s | 76,513 | #39 |
| 2010s | 25,446 | #94 |
| 2020s | 6,955 | #261 |
Boy names about as popular as Aidan
Questions
- Is Aidan a boy or girl name?
- Aidan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Aidan were boys.
- How popular is the name Aidan?
- 1,043 baby boys were named Aidan in the US in 2025, making it the 326th most popular boy name. Another 8 girls got the name (#10,913 for girls).
- When was Aidan most popular?
- Aidan peaked in 2003, when 10,067 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #39 in 2003.
- How many people are named Aidan?
- 121,158 babies have been named Aidan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 119,510 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Aidan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aidan was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.3 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.