How rare is the name Alden?

13,184 people in the United States have the first name Alden, about 1 in 22,909. It ranks #2,061 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALDEN

#2,061

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,184
About
1 in 22,909
This common or more
78.3%
Who bears it

Of the 13,184 people named Alden, 70.8% reported their origin as White, 8.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as Black. 93.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alden peaked in 2024, when 519 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
519
In 2025*
498 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 19,173 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.

Alden by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #970. The largest share of babies named Alden, 29%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,42977
1890s#1,66094
1900s#1,481159
1910s#9701,187
1920s#9771,753
1930s#1,0631,296
1940s#1,3691,049
1950s#1,716959
1960s#2,123720
1970s#2,887524
1980s#2,333893
1990s#2,0731,493
2000s#1,7162,560
2010s#1,4453,639
2020s#1,2442,770
Before 19011%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4512%
Baby boom 1946–649%
Generation X 1965–804.7%
Millennials 1981–969.3%
Generation Z 1997–1220.7%
2013 and later29%

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 Alden is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alden has been most common in Maine (7.3×), Hawaii (3×), and Massachusetts (3×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.21×).

11,688 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 Alden

#2,059 Cullen · 13,202#2,060 Madelynn · 13,187#2,062 Tamera · 13,181#2,063 Isabela · 13,178

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,973 Aldin · 942#13,266 Aldon · 915#28,942 Aldean · 308#30,089 Aldan · 291#36,633 Aldyn · 216#37,938 Aldene · 204#48,513 Aldena · 131#53,514 Aldeen · 98

Also a last name

As a last name, Alden ranks #6,191 of 156,621, with 5,304 people. See Alden as a last name

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