How rare is the name Aidan?

108,843 people in the United States have the first name Aidan, about 1 in 2,775. It ranks #522 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AIDAN

#522

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
108,843
About
1 in 2,775
This common or more
59.3%
Who bears it

Of the 108,843 people named Aidan, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 15.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as two or more races. 97.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aidan peaked in 2003, when 10,296 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19362025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
10,296
In 2025*
1,051 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 121,158 babies have been given the name since 1936. 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.

Aidan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #84. The largest share of babies named Aidan, 78.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1930s#11,9535
1950s#10,66721
1960s#7,70371
1970s#5,622185
1980s#3,040595
1990s#6019,395
2000s#8478,126
2010s#29025,733
2020s#5677,027
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640%
Generation X 1965–800.2%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1278.5%
2013 and later17.6%

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 Aidan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aidan has been most common in Nevada (2.2×), New Hampshire (2.1×), and Alaska (1.9×), and least common in Mississippi (0.35×).

118,538 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 Aidan

#520 Grant · 109,200#521 Brayden · 109,062#523 Bryce · 107,825#524 Miriam · 107,719

Spelled almost the same

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

#287 Aiden · 193,526#4,719 Aidyn · 3,850#13,361 Aidin · 906#22,241 Aidon · 449#38,893 Aidian · 196

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