How common is the name Aaron?

494,237 people in the United States have the first name Aaron, about 1 in 611. It ranks #89 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AARON

#89

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
494,237
About
1 in 611
This common or more
28.5%
Who bears it

Of the 494,237 people named Aaron, 63% reported their origin as White, 16.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.7% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aaron peaked in 1989, when 15,407 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1989
Births that year
15,407
In 2025*
4,058 ▼74%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 618,857 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Aaron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #50. The largest share of babies named Aaron, 36.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1880s#350910
1890s#493830
1900s#5001,050
1910s#4444,592
1920s#4806,222
1930s#5264,757
1940s#5375,984
1950s#45511,229
1960s#27426,285
1970s#59102,569
1980s#53139,788
1990s#50129,209
2000s#7687,334
2010s#7370,686
2020s#11927,412
Before 19010.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–271.7%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–643.9%
Generation X 1965–8021.3%
Millennials 1981–9636.2%
Generation Z 1997–1222.9%
2013 and later12.2%

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 Aaron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aaron has been most common in Alaska (2.1×), Nevada (1.9×), and Hawaii (1.6×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.57×).

611,619 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.

Either side of Aaron

#87 Adam · 496,300#88 Pamela · 495,991#90 Rachel · 493,726#91 Luis · 489,968

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,871 Aaryn · 1,606#11,975 Aarron · 1,054#12,202 Aaren · 1,027#12,800 Aarin · 961#20,433 Aarion · 506#29,353 Aaran · 302

Also a last name

As a last name, Aaron ranks #2,412 of 156,621, with 14,733 people. See Aaron as a last name

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