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Aydan

Masculine · “little fiery one”

Aydan is given to both — 6,134 boys and 448 girls since 1880. See other names given to both

1993high 2008
#1852 in the U.S.stepping back from its peak
falling85 boys in 2025

Aydan is two names at once — the Irish Aidan from Aodh, the fire god, and the Turkish aydan, from the moon.

How old is the name Aydan?

Aydan first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Aydan alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 6,100 people named Aydan are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Aydan most popular?

Aydan peaked in 2008, reaching #570 nationally. Today it ranks #1852, 1,282 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Aydan

Aidan of Lindisfarne founded the monastery there in 635 and converted much of Northumbria; Aiden rose extraordinarily in American naming from the 1990s and generated dozens of spellings. Separately, Aydan is a genuine Turkish name. Both routes brought this spelling to America, where it appears in the registers in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

little fiery one; from the moon

Two routes. Through Aidan and the Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh, 'fire' — a pre-Christian Irish deity name. Or the Turkish aydan, 'from the moon', from ay, 'moon'. Both are genuine and unrelated, and the American spelling does not distinguish them.

How the name formed

  1. Aodh
  2. Aodhán
  3. Aidan
  4. Aydan

Related forms: Aiden · Aydan · Aodhán

Pronouncing Aydan

AY-dun

Two syllables, stress on the first. Turkish aydan is ay-DAN with the stress at the end.

Nicknames for Aydan

Moderate

AyThe front sound alone, which is the Turkish word for the moon
DanThe back of the name, and a name in its own right with an enormous record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1993–202545422704548519932025

US babies named Aydan per year from 1993 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#5701990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1993
Most boys named
2008454 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#570reached in 2008
Change vs 2024
−19.8%85 in 2025, from 106
Aydan is past its biggest year. The count topped out at 454 boys in 2008 and has eased 81% since — the slow half of a naming cycle, where a name stays familiar while getting steadily less common. The move since 2024: down 19.8%.

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.

Aydan in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Aiden in English — spelling variant
  • Aydan in Turkish — same name
  • Aodhán in Irish — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.

Aydans among us

6,100

people named Aydan are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was named Aydan

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Aydan

#1852
Aydan on the 2025 chart
#298
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Aydan went to 85 boys in 2025, but Aidan is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 1,128, which makes it the 298th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,554 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 1,514 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,095 for Aydan 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

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Is it right for you

The Santo test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Aydan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Santo climbed just as high around 1915, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Santo's path sketches the road Aydan is walking now.

40%chance Aydan will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Aydan, aligned on its peakSanto· peak 1915not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-10 yrs+70 yrsSanto · #2350Aydan today
Aydan today is about where Santo stood in 1932 — 17 years past a #570-sized peak. By 1947, Santo had settled around #1056.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Aydan 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 Aydan is headed

19932030

US babies named Aydan per year, 1993 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Aydan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-14% by 2030projected around #2,152 in 2030

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.

Aydan beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Aydan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Aydanthis name85#1852Aston85#1852Loki85#1852Sammy85#1852Kyrin85#1852

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both routes are genuine — a pre-Christian Irish fire god and the Turkish moon.
  • Dan is available as a short form with an enormous record.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • The two origins are entirely unrelated.
  • Aiden and Aidan are far commoner spellings.
  • In Turkish the name is used for both sexes.

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Frequently asked

How many Aydans are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,100 people named Aydan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Aydan?
Aydan is one of 2 recorded spellings. Aidan is the more common one — 1,043 births in 2025 against 85 for Aydan.
How popular is the name Aydan in 2025?
Aydan ranks #1852 among US boy names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Aydan?
About 1 in every 20,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Aydan — 85 in all.
Will my child share the name Aydan with classmates?
Aydan will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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Aston#1852 · Loki#1852 · Sammy#1852 · Kyrin#1852 · Reggie#1852 · Richie#1852 · Riyan#1852 · Orin#1852

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