first name
ARON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 16,764 people named Aron, 56.1% reported their origin as White, 27.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.4% as Black. 97.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Aron peaked in 2008, when 427 babies got the name.
At least 21,590 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.
Aron by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,127. The largest share of babies named Aron, 25.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Aron is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aron has been most common in New York (3.5×), Colorado (1.6×), and Texas (1.6×), and least common in Kentucky (0.16×).
16,067 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 Aron
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aron, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Aron ranks #13,088 of 156,621, with 2,241 people. See Aron as a last name
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