Aharon
Masculine
Aharon is Moses's brother, the first high priest — and his name is one of the very few in the Bible with no recovered Hebrew meaning.
How old is the name Aharon?
Aharon first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Aharon alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 2,500 people named Aharon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aharon most popular?
Aharon peaked in 1990, reaching #1564 nationally. Today it ranks #2077, 513 places below that high. See the whole 1990 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Aharon
Aaron speaks for Moses because Moses says he cannot, makes the golden calf, and is then made the first high priest — a figure the text treats with unusual complexity. That his name is probably Egyptian, like his brother's, is one of the better arguments for a genuine Egyptian layer in the story. Aharon is the Hebrew form and is in current American use.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Genuinely unrecovered. Aharon has no convincing Hebrew etymology, and the commonest scholarly view is that it is Egyptian in origin, like Moses and Phinehas. Proposed Hebrew readings — 'mountain of strength', 'enlightened' — are folk etymologies rather than sources.
Pronouncing Aharon
ah-hah-RONE
Three syllables, stress on the third. English Aaron is AIR-un with two.
Nicknames for Aharon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1959
- Most boys named
- 202194 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1564reached in 1990
- Change vs 2024
- −20.2%71 in 2025, from 89
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aharon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אהרן in Hebrew — transliteration
- Aaron in English — related form
- Harun in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, Florida.
Aharons among us
people named Aharon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 24,057 born in 2025 was named Aharon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Doroteo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aharon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Doroteo climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Doroteo's path sketches the road Aharon is walking now.
Aharon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Aharon is headed
Aharon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Aharon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aharon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the name is probably Egyptian is a first-rate piece of biblical scholarship.
- The first high priest and Moses's brother carries it.
- Aron is available as a simpler spelling.
- The meaning is genuinely unrecovered and honest sources say so.
- Aaron is what English speakers will assume and say differently.
- It reads as specifically Hebrew and observant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aharons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Aharon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aharon in 2025?
- Aharon ranks #2077 among US boy names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aharon?
- About 1 in every 24,057 US boys born in 2025 was named Aharon — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aharon with classmates?
- Aharon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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