NameTides

Aidan

Aidan was the #326 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,043 babies), and #265 in England & Wales and #350 in Canada.

Aidan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aidan 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Aidan 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.051015201880192019602000
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#326 (1,043)#265 (171)#125 (38)#95 (25)#82 (72)#350 (95)——
2024#312 (1,098)#255 (186)#155 (29)#136 (16)#84 (70)#266 (122)——
2023#300 (1,113)#243 (196)#118 (44)#108 (23)#88 (69)#301 (105)——
2022#296 (1,161)#220 (228)#107 (52)#91 (28)#73 (92)#235 (141)——
2021#286 (1,209)#188 (289)#107 (53)#70 (42)#73 (94)#222 (153)——
2020#261 (1,331)#189 (273)#104 (54)#77 (38)#70 (94)#230 (149)——
2019#243 (1,544)#154 (361)#89 (68)#86 (35)#48 (142)#205 (178)——
2018#242 (1,571)#161 (352)#71 (94)#83 (35)#51 (149)#218 (166)——
2017#221 (1,735)#164 (341)#83 (73)#72 (45)#56 (127)#213 (174)——
2016#191 (2,118)#161 (365)#79 (86)#73 (46)#52 (152)#165 (228)——
2015#185 (2,265)#138 (421)#84 (81)#89 (35)#52 (154)#175 (213)——
2014#187 (2,280)#156 (364)#96 (73)#86 (36)#51 (159)#155 (252)——
2013#146 (2,676)#143 (415)#83 (81)#71 (44)#48 (179)#147 (262)—#98 (67)
2012#116 (3,225)#120 (535)#84 (84)#43 (72)#50 (172)#119 (330)#87 (123)#91 (80)
2011#107 (3,721)#101 (637)#58 (131)#43 (73)#40 (229)#97 (414)#85 (125)#86 (78)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #39.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 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 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 520common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 330common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 330common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aidan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aidan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #268ILMichigan: #225MINew York: #245NYMassachusetts: #141MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #304PANew Jersey: #199NJConnecticut: #155CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #278CAUtah: #473UTColorado: #278CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #419MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #251VAMaryland: #221MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #332AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #524KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #430TNNorth Carolina: #498NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: #120DCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #314LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #386GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #345TXFlorida: #300FL
Aidan (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#19869
Quebec2025#42710

Aidan (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
AidanCanadaGirls—too few
AidanCanadaBoys#35095
AidanEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AidanEngland & WalesBoys#265171
AidanIrelandBoys#8272
AidanNorthern IrelandBoys#9525
AidanNSWBoys—too few
AidanScotlandGirls—too few
AidanScotlandBoys#12538
AidanUSGirls#10,9178
AidanUSBoys#3261,043
AidanVICBoys—too few