How rare is the name Aaden?

4,123 people in the United States have the first name Aaden, about 1 in 73,255. It ranks #4,493 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AADEN

#4,493

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,123
About
1 in 73,255
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,123 people named Aaden, 39.7% reported their origin as White, 26.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 19.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aaden peaked in 2009, when 1,274 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
20012025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
1,274
In 2025*
8 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,079 babies have been given the name since 2001. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aaden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,721. The largest share of babies named Aaden, 68.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

2000s#1,7212,540
2010s#1,9452,390
2020s#8,957149
Generation Z 1997–1268.7%
2013 and later31.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aaden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aaden has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Florida (2×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.39×).

4,178 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Aaden

1 other first name also has 4,123 people.

#4,493 Raymon · 4,123

Either side of Aaden

#4,491 Delanie · 4,126#4,491 Stanford · 4,126#4,493 Raymon · 4,123#4,495 Eamon · 4,122

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aaden, most common first.

#10,668 Aayden · 1,237#16,455 Aaiden · 685#21,512 Aadyn · 471

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