Aiden
Feminine · “little fire”
Aiden is given to boys far more often — 257,765 boys against 2,147 girls since 1880. See Aiden as a boy name
Aiden is fire. Aodh was the name of a Celtic god of fire and of a great many Irish kings after him, and Aodhan is its diminutive, which the medieval church carried across Britain with a monk of Lindisfarne. The spelling goes overwhelmingly to boys, and a small number of girls carry it too.
How old is the name Aiden?
Aiden first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Aiden alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 2,100 people named Aiden are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aiden most popular?
Aiden peaked in 2007, reaching #1370 nationally. Today it ranks #4878, 3,508 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aodh to Aiden
The story of Aiden
Aodh was so common in early Ireland that the annals are full of them, and the diminutive Aodhan belonged to a seventh-century monk of Iona who founded the monastery at Lindisfarne and converted much of northern England. The name went quiet for a thousand years, came back in Ireland in the twentieth century, and then became one of the most-given boys' names in the United States after 1995, taking a whole rhyme family with it. Its use for girls is recent and small.
Meaning
little fire; fiery one
Irish Aodh, fire, which was the name of a pre-Christian deity and then of kings and saints, with the diminutive ending -an, giving Aodhan. The English spellings Aidan, Aiden and Ayden all write that name.
How the name formed
- Aodh
- Aodhán
- Aidan
- Aiden
Related forms: Aodhán · Aidan · Aodhan
Pronouncing Aiden
AY-dun
Two syllables, stress in front. The Irish Aodhan is said much the same way, with the dh silent.
Nicknames for Aiden
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
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 2007176 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1370reached in 2007
- Change vs 2024
- +8.0%27 in 2025, from 25
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.
Aiden in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aodhán in Irish — same name
- Aidan in English — spelling variant
- Aodhan in Scottish Gaelic — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Aidens among us
people named Aiden are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 59,528 born in 2025 was named Aiden
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Aiden
- #4878
- Aiden on the 2025 chart
- #911
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aiden went to 27 girls in 2025, but Ayden is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 49, which makes it the 911th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,967 places above the chart.
- Aiden27
- Ayden22
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 59,528 for Aiden itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Tynisha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aiden's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Tynisha climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Tynisha's path sketches the road Aiden is walking now.
Aiden 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 Aiden is headed
Aiden is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Aiden beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aiden in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is one vivid element and is documented back to pre-Christian Ireland.
- It is easy to say and to spell after one hearing.
- It carries a documented seventh-century saint with a real place attached.
- The name goes overwhelmingly to boys, so a girl called Aiden will be filed wrongly often and corrected for years.
- Aidan, Aiden and Ayden are all in heavy use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- It was among the most-given boys' names for two decades, so the sound is everywhere.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aidens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,100 people named Aiden are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Aiden?
- Aiden is the most-used spelling in US records — 27 of the 49 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Ayden.
- How popular is the name Aiden in 2025?
- Aiden ranks #4878 among US girl names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aiden?
- About 1 in every 59,528 US girls born in 2025 was named Aiden — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aiden with classmates?
- Aiden will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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