NameTides

Aaron

Aaron was the #80 boys' name in the US in 2025 (4,041 babies), and #180 in England & Wales and #118 in Canada.

Aaron as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aaron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandScotlandUSCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & Wales
Aaron as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#80 (4,041)#180 (287)#95 (56)#169 (13)#71 (82)#118 (259)——
2024#79 (4,245)#154 (333)#114 (45)#187 (11)#79 (77)#115 (266)——
2023#68 (4,577)#146 (360)#49 (98)#161 (14)#51 (111)#115 (266)——
2022#71 (4,527)#135 (410)#55 (95)#131 (19)#62 (106)#115 (276)——
2021#65 (4,856)#119 (481)#51 (102)#99 (28)#42 (151)#105 (327)——
2020#63 (5,100)#120 (468)#45 (107)#93 (30)#45 (134)#96 (346)——
2019#61 (5,548)#113 (543)#36 (143)#81 (41)#33 (195)#101 (343)#86 (103)#84 (92)
2018#60 (5,996)#113 (543)#31 (157)#87 (32)#34 (190)#96 (368)——
2017#47 (7,219)#101 (646)#15 (236)#80 (38)#31 (230)#81 (412)#82 (108)#100 (66)
2016#49 (7,178)#95 (704)#19 (240)#50 (61)#24 (271)#81 (433)#81 (126)—
2015#52 (7,177)#87 (773)#20 (242)#59 (56)#26 (281)#102 (389)—#100 (63)
2014#50 (7,412)#80 (819)#17 (264)#52 (59)#24 (303)#113 (363)#91 (111)#75 (84)
2013#51 (7,319)#81 (778)#25 (232)#39 (67)#24 (320)#103 (396)#92 (110)#86 (80)
2012#51 (7,545)#69 (959)#15 (295)#23 (105)#22 (372)#85 (462)—#98 (75)
2011#51 (7,624)#58 (1,147)#11 (331)#29 (91)#16 (423)#82 (459)#91 (115)#80 (85)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1981 at #30.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 420 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 420common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 950common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 350common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 640common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 290common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 610common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aaron is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 430 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 410 to 1 in 460.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aaron by state, 2025Alaska: #76AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #169WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #104WAIdaho: #173IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #199MNIllinois: #98ILMichigan: #173MINew York: #59NYMassachusetts: #126MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #64NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #135IAIndiana: #135INOhio: #131OHPennsylvania: #109PANew Jersey: #48NJConnecticut: #100CTRhode Island: #66RICalifornia: #56CAUtah: #115UTColorado: #102CONebraska: #103NEMissouri: #151MOKentucky: #121KYWest Virginia: #183WVVirginia: #87VAMaryland: #58MDDelaware: #64DEArizona: #126AZNew Mexico: #74NMKansas: #124KSArkansas: #175ARTennessee: #116TNNorth Carolina: #105NCSouth Carolina: #108SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #136OKLouisiana: #118LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #113ALGeorgia: #85GAHawaii: #90HITexas: #62TXFlorida: #38FL
Aaron (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#98123
Quebec2025#15040

Aaron (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AaronCanadaGirls—too few
AaronCanadaBoys#118259
AaronEngland & WalesBoys#180287
AaronIrelandBoys#7182
AaronNorthern IrelandBoys#16913
AaronNSWBoys—too few
AaronScotlandBoys#9556
AaronUSGirls#6,54617
AaronUSBoys#804,041
AaronVICBoys—too few