Aldrin
Masculine · “Germanic ald and ric”
Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on 20 July 1969. The name peaks in the American data that same year, which is about as fast as naming can respond to anything: an event in July and a measurable effect in the birth cohort of the same twelve months.
How old is the name Aldrin?
Aldrin first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Aldrin alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 500 people named Aldrin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Aldrin most popular?
Aldrin peaked in 1969, reaching #1767 nationally. Today it ranks #8910, 7,143 places below that high. See the whole 1969 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Aldric to Aldrin
The story of Aldrin
Apollo 11 launched on 16 July 1969 and the lunar module landed on 20 July, watched by an estimated six hundred million people. All three crew surnames entered the American given-name record in the following months, and Aldrin's is the sharpest because it was the least usable as a name before: Armstrong and Collins were already surnames in circulation, while Aldrin was not. A same-year peak is the fastest response the data can show, since a child born in the second half of 1969 was already conceived when the event happened, and the naming decision was made in the weeks after. Nothing else moves this quickly. Even a chart-topping record usually takes a year, because the release and the pregnancy have to line up, and most fashions take a decade.
Meaningscholars disagree
Germanic ald and ric, old and ruler
Aldrin is a surname of Germanic origin, generally explained from elements meaning old and ruler, related to Aldrich and Aldric; the derivation is not certain. Edwin Aldrin's family were of Swedish and Scottish descent. The American given name follows the 1969 lunar landing, and the peak is 1969.
How the name formed
- Aldric
- Aldrin
Related forms: Aldrich · Aldrin
Pronouncing Aldrin
AL-drin
Two syllables, stress on the first. It is said exactly as the astronaut's surname.
Nicknames for Aldrin
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
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 196922 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1767reached in 1969
- Change vs 2024
- −33.3%8 in 2025, from 12
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.
Aldrin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aldrich in English — related form
- Aldrin in Swedish — same name
Aldrins among us
people named Aldrin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 213,510 born in 2025 was named Aldrin
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 Valerian test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aldrin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Valerian climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Valerian's path sketches the road Aldrin is walking now.
Aldrin 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
Aldrin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Aldrin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Al works as a short form and is a traditional name.
- Two syllables with a firm first-syllable stress.
- Its American history is datable to a single month.
- It is closely identified with one person and one event.
- The surname's etymology is not settled.
- An obsolete pesticide carried the same name.
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Masculine · #8910 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Aldrins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Aldrin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Aldrin in 2025?
- Aldrin ranks #8910 among US boy names in 2025, with 8 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Aldrin?
- About 1 in every 213,510 US boys born in 2025 was named Aldrin — 8 in all.
- Will my child share the name Aldrin with classmates?
- Aldrin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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