Aidah

Aidah was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales.

Aidah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Aidah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Aidah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#13,208 (6)#5,927 (3)#780 (3)
2024#7,967 (13)#3,696 (6)—
2023#8,989 (11)#5,688 (3)—
2022#13,592 (6)#3,971 (5)—
2021#7,630 (14)#2,341 (11)—
2020#10,250 (9)#2,615 (9)#765 (3)
2019#9,112 (11)#2,286 (11)—
2018#12,464 (7)#2,901 (8)—
2017#11,615 (8)#2,925 (8)—
2016#8,875 (12)#2,757 (9)—
2015#8,447 (13)——
2014#9,517 (11)——
2013#11,000 (9)#3,536 (6)—
2012#9,711 (11)——
2011#14,824 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #7,630.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2005.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aidah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 97,000 to 1 in 490,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AidahEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
A'IdahEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AidahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AidahScotlandGirls#7803
AidahUSGirls#13,2086