NameTides

Aiden

Aiden was the #62 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,046 babies), and #170 in England & Wales and #73 in Canada.

Aiden as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Aiden 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesNorthern Ireland
Aiden 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#62 (5,046)#170 (298)#144 (31)#212 (9)#149 (35)#73 (377)—#98 (78)
2024#47 (6,262)#145 (365)#135 (36)#216 (9)#207 (23)#53 (461)#70 (110)#84 (94)
2023#40 (6,701)#138 (384)#129 (38)#221 (9)#181 (28)#41 (516)#69 (115)#71 (90)
2022#29 (7,852)#129 (435)#140 (37)#285 (6)#157 (36)#38 (590)#74 (115)#75 (89)
2021#26 (8,313)#124 (469)#113 (50)#326 (5)#239 (20)#39 (629)#62 (148)#59 (114)
2020#24 (8,619)#121 (466)#110 (51)#231 (8)#183 (27)#36 (648)#56 (161)#61 (114)
2019#20 (9,403)#138 (409)#88 (69)#242 (8)#244 (19)#35 (689)#60 (151)#63 (118)
2018#19 (10,062)#121 (498)#97 (62)#234 (8)#216 (25)#39 (669)#49 (171)#51 (119)
2017#17 (11,357)#110 (577)#71 (92)#250 (7)#214 (26)#31 (793)#51 (169)#46 (143)
2016#16 (12,269)#104 (622)#70 (103)#166 (15)#214 (26)#27 (873)#39 (199)#46 (126)
2015#13 (13,506)#112 (566)#67 (107)#201 (11)#147 (43)#32 (829)#43 (196)#49 (120)
2014#14 (13,438)#103 (594)#48 (139)#184 (13)#237 (23)#34 (834)#38 (233)#43 (142)
2013#12 (13,649)#92 (665)#45 (159)#188 (12)#219 (26)#37 (805)#44 (204)#45 (147)
2012#10 (14,924)#80 (825)#36 (200)#186 (12)#243 (22)#32 (866)#45 (210)#48 (144)
2011#9 (15,520)#61 (1,077)#20 (279)#149 (18)#196 (32)#35 (824)#37 (239)#39 (154)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #9.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.

How common is it?

about 1 in 340 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 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 340common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 910common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 630common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 680common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Aiden is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 360 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 330 to 1 in 400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aiden by state, 2025Alaska: #110AKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #91WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #157NHWashington: #76WAIdaho: #143IDMontana: #96MTNorth Dakota: #107NDMinnesota: #79MNIllinois: #67ILMichigan: #70MINew York: #40NYMassachusetts: #56MAOregon: #67ORNevada: #58NVWyoming: #89WYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #127IAIndiana: #109INOhio: #83OHPennsylvania: #69PANew Jersey: #39NJConnecticut: #71CTRhode Island: #66RICalifornia: #51CAUtah: #72UTColorado: #64CONebraska: #136NEMissouri: #116MOKentucky: #129KYWest Virginia: #127WVVirginia: #45VAMaryland: #35MDDelaware: #35DEArizona: #69AZNew Mexico: #74NMKansas: #114KSArkansas: #56ARTennessee: #73TNNorth Carolina: #72NCSouth Carolina: #72SCDistrict of Columbia: #30DCOklahoma: #73OKLouisiana: #46LAMississippi: #31MSAlabama: #157ALGeorgia: #48GAHawaii: #45HITexas: #53TXFlorida: #52FL
Aiden (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#43221
Quebec2025#17233

Aiden (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
AidenCanadaGirls—too few
AidenCanadaBoys#73377
AidenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AidenEngland & WalesBoys#170298
AidenIrelandBoys#14935
AidenNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
AidenNSWBoys—too few
AidenScotlandBoys#14431
AidenUSGirls#4,87827
AidenUSBoys#625,046
AidenVICBoys#9878